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Manu Bhaker Bronze Medal in Paris Olympics 2024: A good news has come from Paris regarding the world of sports. India's star shooter Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the final of the women's 10 meter air pistol event. Apart from this, Prime Minister Modi also congratulated her by talking to her on the phone.
India's first medal in Paris Olympics
After 20 years, an Indian woman shooter reached the final of the individual shooting event in the Olympics. Not only this, she also won a medal. Earlier in 2004, Suma Shirur had made it to the finals in the 10 meter air rifle in the Athens Olympics. Manu Bhaker won the first medal for India in the Paris Olympics.
Manu finished third with 221.7 points in the eight-shooter final and won the bronze medal. She was only 0.1 points behind South Korea's Yeji Kim, who eventually won the silver medal with 241.3 points. Kim's compatriot Ye Jin Oh won the gold medal with an Olympic record final score of 243.2 points. This is India's first Olympic medal in shooting since the London Olympics 2012. Indian shooters returned empty-handed from the Rio Olympics 2016 and Tokyo Olympics and failed to win a medal.
Shooter Manu Bhaker is the first Indian shooter to win a bronze medal in the Olympics. After winning the medal, she said that you cannot control external things. I have learned this from the Bhagavad Gita. God tells Arjun to focus on his action, not on the result. I have tried to follow the same.
Prime Minister congratulated Manu Bhaker
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated Manu Bhaker for creating history in the Paris Olympics. In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Manu, he said, 'Congratulations… I am very excited and happy to hear the news of your success.' So Manu said, 'Our players playing here are playing well.' So the Prime Minister said, 'You kept getting the Silver Medal, yet you have brought glory to the country. You have got two types of credit. One is that you brought home the bronze medal and second, you became the first Indian woman to win this medal. My congratulations to you. The rifle betrayed you in the Tokyo Olympics, but this time you removed all the flaws.' Then Manu said, there are many matches to be played, so I hope I will try to play very well.' Then the Prime Minister said, 'I am sure that you will play well in the next matches as well. You have started well, so your enthusiasm and confidence will also increase, which will benefit the country.'