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“Inspires me to work even harder”: Manu Bhaker on being awarded Khel Ratna

New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): After being felicitated with the celebrated Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, India’s two-time Olympic medalist shooter Manu Bhaker on Friday stated that this recognition will encourage her to work even tougher.

Double Olympic medalist Bhaker, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian males’s hockey workforce captain Harmanpreet Singh and Para Athlete Praveen Kumar have been awarded the celebrated Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by President Droupadi Murmu on the Rashtrapati Bhawan as we speak.

Taking to Instagram, Manu Bhaker stated that she is “deeply honoured” to obtain the celebrated award. She additionally prolonged her heartfelt gratitude to everybody who supported her.

“I am deeply honoured to have received the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the honourable president of India @presidentofindia. This recognition inspires me to work even harder and strive for more victories to make my country proud. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported, guided, and cheered for me throughout my journey. Thank you,” Manu Bhaker wrote on Instagram.

Bhaker opened India’s medal tally within the Olympics after she secured third place within the girls’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion, changing into the first-ever girl shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker gained the bronze medal within the 10m air pistol (combined workforce) occasion, which was India’s first-ever capturing workforce medal.

In her remaining occasion, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and completed fourth within the girls’s 25m pistol capturing occasion. She missed out on the chance to turn into the primary Indian to win three medals on the Olympics.

The younger shooter’s candy redemption got here after a disappointing Tokyo Olympics marketing campaign in 2021, the place a malfunction in her gun price her a medal. During the ten m air pistol qualification spherical throughout the Tokyo Olympics, her gun malfunctioned, which triggered her to lose quite a lot of time. She was left with a really brief period of time to hold out her quota of pictures. She missed the top-eight end required to qualify for the ultimate spherical and completed on the twelfth spot. In the 25-metre pistol occasion, she didn’t qualify additional, ending within the fifteenth spot. Her 10 m air pistol combined workforce occasion didn’t go properly both, as she completed in seventh total. (ANI)

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