 "‘Savour this moment’: PM Modi, Abhinav Bindra applaud Bhaker-Sarabjot’s Olympic bronze")
Manu Bhaker scripted history for the second time in a span of three days by winning the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal with Sarabjot Singh in the ongoing Paris Olympics.
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Bhaker and Sarabjot not only helped India win their first ever team shooting medal at the Olympics, the former became the first Indian athlete post-Independence to win two medals in the same edition. Norman Pritchard had previously won a silver in the 200-metre and 200-metre hurdles race in the 1900 Games, which incidentally had also taken place in Paris.
Bhaker and Sarabjot defeated the Korean pair of Lee Wonoho and Oh Yeh Jin 16-10 in the bronze medal playoff at Chateauroux’s shooting range to help the country win their second medal of the Paris Games, both delivered by the shooting team
It was a redemption of sorts for Sarabjot as well as after the 22-year-old shooter had finished ninth in the men’s individual 10m air pistol qualifying round with a score of 577, failing to reach the finals in the process.
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Bhaker had on Sunday won bronze in the women’s individual 10m air pistol finals with a score of 221.7 to become the first Indian woman to win a shooting medal at the Olympics. The 22-year-old from Jhajjar would also help India win an Olympic medal in shooting for the first time since the 2012 Games in London, having drawn blank in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
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More ShortsHere’s how Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra and other notable individuals reacted to Bhaker and Sarabjot’s feat:
Our shooters continue to make us proud!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 30, 2024
Congratulations to @realmanubhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning the Bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the #Olympics. Both of them have shown great skills and teamwork. India is incredibly delighted.
For Manu, this… pic.twitter.com/loUsQjnLbN
Manu & Sarabjot: You've done what no Indian shooting pair has done before. India's first Olympic shooting team medal. Savour this moment, you've earned it! Proud 👏 🇮🇳 #Olympics2024 #Paris2024 #Shooting #ManuBhaker #SarabjotSingh
— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) July 30, 2024
#ManuBhaker makes #India#Proud !!#IndianArmy congratulates #ManuBhaker for winning the #First medal for #India @Paris2024 #Olympics, as she bags #Bronze Medal🏅in 10m Air Pistol. #Cheer4Bharat@Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/t44voMh1Wt
— ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) July 28, 2024
𝟐𝐧𝐝 medal 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚,a new 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 👉 First athlete to win ✌️ Olympic medals for independent India at the same edition! 🇮🇳#Congratulations @realmanubhaker & Sarabjot Singh@issf_official | #Paris2024 #TogetherforTomorrow pic.twitter.com/o9mOzgfSNF
— Sanjeev Rajput OLY (@sanjeevrajput1) July 30, 2024
Well done Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/ZjupuypA9n
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) July 30, 2024
And that’s another medal from the Shooting range!! Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot win the Bronze medal for India. That’s double medal for Manu in one Olympic Games and she still has one more event left.
— Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) July 30, 2024
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