Manu Bhaker: India has received its second medal within the Paris Olympics. Shooter Manu Bhaker has turn out to be the primary Indian in Olympic historical past to win two medals in an Olympics. On this event, Manu stated that she could be very completely satisfied to attain this particular feat. Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh received the bronze medal within the 10m air pistol blended crew occasion on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The pair demonstrated resilience and composure by recovering from a sluggish begin to beat South Korea 16-10 in an exciting match on Tuesday. Manu stated after profitable the historic bronze medal, “I’m actually proud. I really feel very grateful to have the ability to obtain this feat. Thanks a lot for everybody’s blessings and love.”
This was additionally Manu and India’s second medal on the Paris Video games. The 22-year-old Manu additionally has an opportunity to win a 3rd medal when she competes within the ladies’s 25m pistol occasion. Within the bronze medal playoff, the South Korean crew of Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin received the primary collection. Nonetheless, the Indian pair made a comeback to take an 8-2 lead. The later half of the occasion took an exciting flip because the Korean pair managed to make a comeback, however India by no means misplaced their lead and ultimately ensured victory.
“We can not management something; we will simply attempt to do our greatest,” Manu stated. Even earlier than coming right here, me and my teammates had been pondering that we are going to strive our greatest and no matter occurs, we’ll settle for it and we’ll preserve preventing until the final shot.”
Total, Manu grew to become the third Indian after wrestler Sushil Kumar and shuttler PV Sindhu to win multiple particular person medal on the Olympics. Sarabjot Singh, who received his first Olympic medal, is now the sixth Indian shooter to win a medal on the Summer season Video games.
“It was a really high-pressure match and the joy among the many followers was superb. So, I’m actually completely satisfied,” stated Sarabjot. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Athens 2004), Abhinav Bindra (Beijing 2008), Vijay Kumar (London 2012), Gagan Narang (London 2012), Manu Bhaker (Paris 2024), are all different shooters to win medals on the Olympics.