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Paris Olympics 2024: Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has created history in the Paris Olympics 2024. She has won the bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol. With this, she has become the first Indian female shooter to win a medal in the Olympics. South Korea won gold and silver medals in this event.
Overcoming disappointment at Paris Olympics, won bronze medal
The disappointment of the defeat in Tokyo Olympics took a toll on her in Paris Olympics. She could not proceed further due to a fault in the pistol, which made her emotional. But in Paris, she maintained her composure for one hour and 15 minutes. India has not won any medal in shooting since the 2012 London Olympics.
After the Rio Olympics, he asked his father for a gun
Manu is a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana. His father is a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy. He decided to make a career in shooting at the age of 14. After the conclusion of the Rio Olympics 2016, he asked his father for a pistol for shooting. Manu reached the shooting range for the first time in April 2016. Just 15 days after this, he won the gold medal in the Haryana Open tournament.
Manu Bhaker creates history by winning her second medal at the Olympics
Manu Bhaker has created history. She became the first Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics. Manu and Sarabjot Singh won the bronze medal in air pistol shooting mixed doubles shooting.
India has won two medals including a bronze in the mixed doubles shooting event at the Paris Olympics. On the fourth day of the Olympics, Indian athletes entered the field with the intention of winning more medals for the country. India was expected to win a bronze medal in the air pistol mixed doubles event in shooting. Indians' hopes were fulfilled. Manu Bhaker of Haryana has won another medal for India. Along with Sarabjot Singh, she won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event of the 10 meter air pistol event and became the first Indian to do so.
First Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics
India defeated Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho of South Korea 16-10 in the bronze medal match. India won eight rounds while Korea won five rounds. In this competition, the team that scores 16 points first wins. With this, Manu Bhaker has created history. She became the first Indian to win two medals in an Olympics. Norman Pritchard won two medals in 1900, but was originally British. Manu Bhaker is the first Indian to do so. Before Manu, no athlete from independent India had won two medals in a single Olympics. This is Sarabjot Singh's first Olympic medal. He did not have a good start in the bronze medal competition. He lost in the first round but then he made a brilliant comeback and took the lead in three rounds and eventually won the bronze medal by scoring the total points as well. Manu has made her family and countrymen proud. She also became the only woman to win a medal in the individual 10m air pistol shooting event.
She won a silver medal in the Asian Junior Championship in 2017. After this, she made a splash in the National Championship. She also defeated Heena Sindhu and broke many national records. She won 9 gold medals in this event.
In 2018, she also won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics. Apart from this, she also won 3 gold medals in the Junior World Cup in the same year. However, her performance at the Tokyo Olympics was not good. She finished 12th in the qualification round. Later her pistol was found to be faulty.