Bhaker’s bronze medal ends a 12-year wait for a shooting medal for India since Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar’s successes at the 2012 London Olympics
Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India’s first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024, striking bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol final at the Chatearoux Shooting Center. By doing so, Bhaker scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the Olympic games. Meanwhile, Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal also raised India’s medal hopes by qualifying for the Men’s and Women’s 10m Air Rifle finals. Later in the day, Indian women’s archery team will take on the Netherlands in the quarterfinal tie. India’s Day 2 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Manu Bhaker doesn’t like to settle for second best, let alone third. But Sunday was an exception and as she spoke, delight mingled with relief after the pistol ace exorcised her Tokyo Olympic demons with a historic bronze medal in the ongoing edition of the Games.