Manu Bhaker: Manu Bhaker opened India's medal account at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday. She won the bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol event with a score of 221.7. On this achievement, the social media platform 'X' has given her a special gift.
Manu ended the 12 year drought
In the final, Manu maintained the third position from the start and remained at the third position. Manu is the first Indian female athlete to win an Olympic medal in shooting. With this, she also ended India's 12-year medal drought in shooting. Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar won medals in shooting at the 2012 London Olympics.
Manu was awarded a special badge
On this special achievement of Manu, she has been awarded a special badge on the social media platform 'X'. Apart from the blue tick of verification, the Eiffel Tower badge has also been added to Manu Bhaker's handle. The badge will be added to the handles of only those athletes who will win medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics to be held in Paris.
This advice of Shri Krishna was so successful
After meeting, they shared their experiences. Manu said that the advice given by Shri Krishna to Arjuna in Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta came in handy in the final match. He said that Shri Krishna had told Arjuna to focus only on his work. Manu said, “In Geeta, Lord Krishna had told Arjuna to focus only on his work. The same thing was going on in my mind. I only focus on doing my best. I cannot control my fate.”