Paris Olympics 2024: Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has won the first medal for India by winning the Bronze in the Paris Olympics-2024. Manu Bhaker has won the bronze medal in 10m air pistol.
Three years after her Tokyo Olympics was derailed by a pistol malfunction, the 22-year-old claimed a bronze medal behind two South Korean shooters. The nine-time World Cup medallist is only the fifth Indian to win a medal in shooting.
In the same competition, Oh Ye Jin won the gold medal and Kim Yeji won the silver medal. Both belong to South Korea.
Manu was just 0.1 behind Kim Yeji when she was eliminated in the final on Sunday. Kim eventually won a silver medal while her Korean compatriot Oh Ye Jin claimed a gold medal.
Earlier, on the first day of the Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker had finished 3rd in the women’s 10m air pistol event with a score of 580 in the qualification rounds. Manu Bhaker had also shot the highest number of Perfect Scores (27) in the qualification to breeze through to the final.
Even before the competition started, it was expected that Manu would be able to get India the first medal.
On Saturday, in the qualification round, Manu Bhaker made her place in the final by finishing third with 580 points.
In the year 2021, Manu Bhaker won the 'BBC Emerging Player of the Year 2020' award.
PM Modi greets
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manu Bhaker on winning the Bronze medal in Women’s 10m Air Pistol event at Paris Olympics 2024.
The Prime Minister posted on X: “A historic medal! Well done, @realmanubhaker, for winning India’s FIRST medal at #ParisOlympics2024! Congrats for the Bronze. This success is even more special as she becomes the 1st woman to win a medal in shooting for India. An incredible achievement! #Cheer4Bharat”