New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Shooter Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal tally on the Paris 2024 Olympics, making historical past by securing third place within the ladies’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion. She turned the first-ever girl shooter from India to win an Olympic medal, including a big milestone to her already illustrious profession.
In Paris, Bhaker secured two bronze medals within the taking pictures occasions, changing into the primary Indian athlete within the post-independence period to realize this feat in a single version of the Olympics. This outstanding accomplishment was held by Norman Pritchard, who gained two medals on the 1900 Paris Games.
Bhaker, alongside Sarabjot Singh, clinched her second bronze within the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team occasion. The duo displayed distinctive consistency, defeating South Korea’s Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin with a rating of 16-10 within the bronze medal play-off match. Their victory marked India’s first-ever taking pictures group medal on the Olympics.
Despite narrowly lacking out on a historic treble by ending fourth within the ladies’s 25m pistol occasion, Bhaker’s achievements in Paris cement her standing as probably the most profitable Indian girl shooter in historical past. Her profession is already adorned with gold medals from the World Championships, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Youth Olympic Games.
This success comes after the heartbreak of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the place a pistol malfunction denied Bhaker a shot at a medal in the identical occasion. Her resilience and willpower have now propelled her to the head of Indian taking pictures sports activities.
Born on February 18, 2002, in Jhajjar, Haryana, Bhaker initially pursued quite a lot of sports activities, together with tennis, skating, and boxing. She additionally excelled in ‘thang ta’, a type of martial arts, profitable medals on the nationwide stage earlier than dedicating herself to taking pictures.
India’s total efficiency on the Paris 2024 Olympics was commendable, securing a complete of six medals–one silver and 5 bronze. Swapnil Kusale contributed to the tally with a bronze medal within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions occasion. The Indian males’s hockey group added to the medal depend by profitable back-to-back bronze medals for the primary time in 52 years, defeating Spain 2-1.
In monitor and subject, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra narrowly missed defending his Tokyo gold medal, however he introduced house a silver with a throw of 89.45m. Wrestler Aman Sehrawat, making his Olympic debut, clinched a bronze medal with a 13-5 victory over Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz.
India’s spectacular haul on the Paris 2024 Olympics underscores the nation’s rising prowess in a various vary of sports activities, setting a promising precedent for future competitions. (ANI)