Shooter Manu Bhaker creates history at Paris Olympics 2024, wins India’s first medal.
Manu Bhaker won a medal in the second Olympics of his career. He won the bronze medal with a score of 221.7. Manu Bhaker became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal by winning a bronze medal in a 10m air pistol.
Manu Bhaker finished third in the final of eight shooters with a score of 221.7 points to win the bronze medal. When the Indian shooter was eliminated he was just 0.1 points behind South Korea’s Yazie Kim.
who eventually won the silver by 241.3 points. Jean-O won the gold medal with an Olympic record final score of 243.2 points. This is India’s first Olympic medal in shooting since the 2012 London Olympics.
India did not win a medal in shooting for the Rio Olympics 2016 and the Tokyo Olympics.
Manu Bhaker wins bronze medal in women’s 10m air pistol
Shooter Manu Bhaker won India’s first medal at the 33rd Paris Olympics (Paris Olypics 2024) Games. Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol. South Korea’s Jin Ye O won the gold medal and South Korea’s Yezi Kim won the silver medal.
International star shooter Manu Bhaker, who won gold medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Youth Olympic Games, made history at the Paris Olympic Games on Sunday to win a bronze medal.
Manu, who has won the World Championships title nine times overall, has so far won a total of 15 gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
Manu, who made her sporting debut at the age of 14, first won medals till the National Games by playing boxing, tennis, skating. Manu’s Olympic Games medal has made the Indian people excited.
It may be recalled that Manu Bhaker had won two gold medals representing India in the women’s shooting competition at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup held in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2018.
On the other hand, he is the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup. Manu Bhaker won the gold medal at the age of 16 for the first time in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
He won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics in The Bounce Aires, argentina’s capital. With this, she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympics.
In 2019, he won a gold medal again at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup held in New Delhi, India.
Manu Bhaker was born on February 18, 2002, in Garia village of Jhajjar district of Haryana. His father Ram Kishan Bhaker works as chief engineer in the Merchant Navy.
Till the age of 14, he played other sports such as Manipuri martial arts Huen Langlon, boxing, tennis and skating. In all these games, he won medals at the National Sports Festival. He later got attracted to shooting.
What did Manu Bhaker do at the parishes with winning the medal
Manu became India’s first female shooter to win a medal at the Olympics. Hariana’s 22-year-old has made history by Indian shooting. At the same time, he spent 12 years of medals at the Olympics shooting.
Gagan Narang won a bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. After that, no Indian shooter could win a medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and tokyo Olympics in 2020. This time, Manu won a medal again in the parishes.
Manu became india’s fifth shot to win a medal at the Olympics. Before him, medals have been won by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Abhinav Bindra, Vijay Kumar and Gagan. Manu is, of course, the first as a woman’s shooter.
Manu was stripped of Roubo’s medal for only 0.1 points. His fight ended on a score of 221.7. Before the last two shots, South Korea’s Kim Yezi’s score was 221.8. As a result, Manu slipped behind with a score of 0.1. Yet he made new history in Indian shooting.
Arjun hopes for another medal in shooting
Arjun Babuta enters men’s 10m air rifle final. He finished seventh in qualifying. He scored 630.1. India’s Sandeep Singh was in that event. He finished in 12th place. So it was not possible for Sandeep to reach the final.
Ramita Jindal enters 10m Air Rifle final
Ramita made it to the women’s air rifle final after finishing fifth out of 43 competitors. After 6 rounds, his score stood at 631.5. He was consistent from the first round. Elavenil, on the other hand, finished 10th with a score of 630.7.
According to the rules of the competition, the first eight people advanced to the final. Naturally, Elavenil has been out of the medal fight. Despite a good start, he could not reach the final as he could not perform as expected in the sixth round. The finale for the event is Monday at 1 p.m.
PV Sindhu begins her Olympic journey with an easy win
Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu kicked off her Olympic journey with an easy win. Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razza was caught by PV Sindhu in the first match of women’s singles badminton on Sunday.
In Group M, India’s PV Sindhu defeated Maldives’ Fatimath Nawaha Abdul Razzak 21-9, 21-6. Maldives Fatimath Nawaha Abdul Raja could not stand against PV Sindhu. Sindhu had won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Shuttler PV Sindhu will take on Eastonia’s Christine Cuba in the second group M match on Wednesday.
It is worth noting that in the 2024 Paris Olympics, which started on July 26, Australia has so far won a total of 5 medals including three gold and two silver.
On the other hand, China has won four medals with 3 gold and one bronze. America won a total of five medals with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Apart from this, France have won four medals with one gold, two silver and one bronze medal.
On the other hand, China has won four medals with 3 gold and one bronze. America won a total of five medals with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Apart from this, France have won four medals with one gold, two silver and one bronze medal.
Shooter Arjun narrowly missed out on bronze
Their match was against Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel. But the match was canceled as the German pair withdrew their names. The same thing happened with Lakshya Sen.
He did not get points even after winning his first match in singles. This happened after his opponent Kevin Cordon withdrew his name. Manu Bhaker is dreaming of another medal. This time he has a chance to win bronze in the pair.
Arjun Babuta narrowly missed out on a medal. He finished fourth in the final of the 10m air rifle event.
India vs Argentina match draw in hockey
India drew 1-1 with Argentina in their second match of the 2024 Olympics in Hockey. Captain Harmanpreet Singh repaid the goal after being behind for most of the match against the 2016 Olympic gold medalists.
However, a lot of penalty corner opportunities in the match will be wasted and defensive mentality will keep India in mind. Lucas Martinez put Argentina ahead. Harmanpreet repays.
India got a penalty corner early in the first quarter. It couldn’t work. At that moment, Harmanpreet Singh went out after seeing a green card. He was not at all happy with the decision.
Sandeep wasted the penalty corner. Argentina also received a penalty corner late in the first quarter. They also waste opportunities.
India started playing worse in the second quarter. He got three consecutive penalty corners but could not take advantage of them. The Argentine goalkeeper also deserves praise.
He saved two attempts. Then Argentina scored. He scored in the 23rd minute. India’s defence and PR Sreejesh are at fault in this regard.
Indian defenders allowed Argentina’s Lucas Martinez to enter the circle without any hindrance. He passed to the second post. Sreejesh went to stop it. The ball hit his stick and went into his own goal.
After the goal, Argentina became more aggressive. India entered the shell of the defense. Just playing square pass and back pass. They could not enter the Argentine circle.
In the third quarter, Sukhjit Singh’s shot was saved by the Argentine goalkeeper. Argentina got a penalty stroke in the 37th minute. Maiko Sasella’s shot hits the Indian player’s body. But Sasella’s shot goes out.
India did not play well in the fourth quarter as well. Harmanpreet Singh and Manpreet Singh, two of India’s best players, were not seen in the best rhythm at all.
India was suffering as a result. In the end, India was getting one penalty corner after another. Harmanpreet scored from the third corner.
Manika Batra scripts history at Olympics
In the round of 32, she defeated Prithvi Pavade of Indian origin in France. Manika became the first Indian woman paddler to reach the last 16. The result was 4-0 in favor of Manika.
Manika won the match in 37 minutes. He defeated the 19-year-old Prithika 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7. Manika will face the winner of the duel between Hong Kong’s Zhu Chengju and Japan’s Miu Hirano in the last eight.
Manika Batra won the match 4-0 in a row. He won the match 11–9, 11–6, 11–9, 11–7. This is the first time in history that an Indian woman has reached the quarterfinals of the Olympics. Manika’s stellar performance has raised hopes of another medal for India.