Top shooter Anjali Bhagwat earned an Olympic quota place in women's 50 m rifle three position event at the ISSF World Cup at Resende in Brazil.

Bhagwat finished fourth in the event on Saturday but was awarded the berth since the three podium finishers had already been granted tickets to Olympics to be held in Beijing, China in 2008.

Gold medal winner Tatiana Goldobina of Russia secured her place at the last year's World Cup in Fort Benning in the 10m Air Rifle event while Yi Zhang and Bo Liu, both from China, ensured their quota places being from the Olympic host nation. Liu was also the winner at the World Cup in China.

Bhagwat, who played in the MQS (minimum quota score) category in the 10 m air rifle event here earlier, shot a total of 679 (582+97).

She had a superb beginning with two perfect rounds of 100 in the Prone position. In Standing position, she first fired 96 but faltered in the second attempt scoring only 91 points.

The Mumbai girl shot a near perfect 99 and 96 in the Kneeling position. But a poor 7.8 in her third attempt in the final cost her a podium finish.

Goldobina scored 683.2 for the top finish while Zhang won the silver with 682.7 (584+98.7) and Liu took home the bronze with an effort of (580+100.8).