Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]: Reigning Asian Games champion Palak and second teenager Saiyyam in the team kept the Indian shooting team in contention for a Paris Olympics 2024 quota place by reaching the final of the women's 10m air pistol in Rio de Janeiro, where The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Final Olympic Qualification Championships Rifle/Pistol is currently underway. The final will be streamed live on ISSF YouTube channel from 5.50 pm on Sunday. Palak is tied in the first qualification relay and Sanyam in the second. India's third entrant, Surbhi Rao, missed out on a place in the top eight, scoring 578. Shooting but missing the inner 10 ring, Azerbaijan's Nigar Nasirova took the eighth and final qualifying spot, while Hungarian ace Véronique Major took the eighth and final qualifying spot. also made the cut along with France, Armenia and Thailand.