Today is the most historic day for India in Paris Olympics 2024. India's star female shooter Manu Bhaker created history and performed her best in these Olympics, but her dream of winning 3 Olympic medals remained unfulfilled. Manu Bhaker was participating in the final of the women's 25m pistol event today. She also performed brilliantly in the final match, but in the end she had to settle for fourth place due to a small mistake.
last minute mistake
Manu Bhaker performed brilliantly in the match, but one of her mistakes proved costly for her. Manu Bhaker had to face elimination after finishing fourth after the shoot-off tie-breaker. Manu Bhaker had to take 5 shots in this round. Manu Bhaker was able to hit only 3 out of these 5 shots on the target and her score was 10.2. At the same time, Veronica, who was eliminated from fourth place, hit 4 shots on the target. This shattered Manu Bhaker's dream and she could not win the third medal by just 1 shot.
Made a great comeback after a bad start
Manu Bhaker entered the finals by finishing second in the qualifying round. But, her start in the final was not good. Manu Bhaker's performance was disappointing in the first round of the final match. She hit only 2 out of 5 shots for 10.2 in the first round. Due to this she lagged behind in the first round. However, Manu Bhaker made a strong comeback in the match in the second round itself. Manu successfully hit 4 out of 5 shots on the target in the second series. With this, she secured the fourth position.
After many ups and downs, finally there was a turning point
Manu Bhaker's journey was full of ups and downs throughout the match, but at the last moment she had to be out of the medal round by just one shot. However, looking at her performance, it was believed that she would definitely reach the medal round, but she had to be content with the fourth place.
Korean athlete won gold
In this competition, Jean Yang of South Korea won the gold medal, Camille Jedrzejewski of France won the silver medal and Veronika Major of Hungary won the bronze medal.