Antalya (Turkey), June 14 (PTI) The Indian women's team of Dipika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat qualified fifth in the final Olympic qualifiers here on Friday and are now two wins away from securing a quota for the Paris Games.

Team India collected 1,978 points to fall behind leaders China (1996), runners-up Japan (1991), Spain (1990) and China Taipei (1982) in the qualifying rankings.

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Qualifying as the fifth seed, India will begin the round of 16 with a 24-team draw against 21st seed Ukraine and may have to beat China Taipei in the quarterfinals to win a share of Paris.

The semi-finalists will obtain a place in the Paris Olympic quota.

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The preliminary rounds were scheduled for the next day.

India had a great qualifying round, scoring a perfect 90 out of 10 and an X (closest to the middle arrow).

He finished second to a Taiwanese shooter who shot 91 at 10+X. But it didn't matter because they were behind in overall score.

For illustration, the Chinese team obtained 88 points, while Japan and Spain obtained 89 and 76 10+X points.

Shots are counted 10+X to determine position in case of a tie.

The men's team qualifiers will take place on Saturday and will see fierce competition between 46 teams for only three quotas available.

More than 300 archers from more than 80 countries will take part in the final qualifications for the Paris Olympic Games, which begin on July 26.

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