Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh wins bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024.
Sarabjot Singh also bagged bronze with Manu. They defeated South Korea 16-10. On Sunday, Manu had won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol individual event.
He has won two medals at the same Olympics. Earlier, India’s Sushil Kumar and PV Sindhu had won two medals at the Olympics. But they did not win more than one medal at the same Olympics. That’s what Manu did.
Before independence, Norman Pritchard had won two medals for India at the same Olympics. He set that record at the 1900 Olympics. It was also the Paris Olympics.
He won silver in athletics. Pritchard won a medal for India, but he was British. Manui became the first Indian to win two medals at the same Olympics.
India lost points in the first series against South Korea on Tuesday. Manura went on to win the next four series. They seemed to win easily. But Korea came back into the match.
They were struggling. However, he could never overtake India. In the end, Manura won bronze with a score of 16-10.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India on winning its second medal in the country. Modi called Manu after he won the bronze in the individual category.
“Our shooters have once again made the country proud,” the Prime Minister wrote on social media on Tuesday. Congratulations to Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning bronze in the mixed 10m air pistol event.
Both have shown great talent. India is happy for you. Manu won two medals in a row. He showed very good consistency. ”
Manu became the First Indian athlete to win two medals at the same Olympics
Only two days apart. Manu Bhaker made history. He won his second medal at the Paris Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol individual event followed by a bronze in the mixed event. Partner Sarabajyot Singh.
Manu became the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the same Olympics. After winning, he said that he did not think of the second medal or history. He just wanted to fight until the end.
After India’s bronze was confirmed, Manu was seen greeting the audience in the gallery. He bowed his head and greeted the audience.
“I am grateful to everyone,” Manu told the broadcaster. Proud to win my second medal at the same Olympics as an Indian. This would not have been possible without everyone’s blessings. ”
In the first series, the Indian team fell behind to Korea. Sarbajyot had a poor score. But India came back from the second series. They won four series in a row.
That’s where the game comes in India’s favour. Manu was scoring well in every series, which was one of the reasons for the win.
Explaining his return, Manu says, “Actually, we don’t always have everything in our hands. We try to give our best to what is in our hands.
Before I came to Paris, I had decided not to focus on anything else. We will give our best on the day of the event. We’ll see what happens after that. Whatever happens, I’ll accept it. I will fight to the end. ”
Leaving the love of football to shoot overnight, Dream of Sarabjot in Paris
He was broken. He said that even with his best, he did not survive. The Punjab shooter was reborn on Tuesday. She teamed up with Manu Bhaker to win a bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed event. He doesn’t have to return empty-handed from Paris.
On Tuesday, it was a bad start for Sarbajyot. He scored only 8.6 in the first series. Due to his bad shot, India fell behind in the beginning. Many thought that Manu’s efforts alone were going to be in vain.
Since then, he has turned around, and he has not been stopped. In 13 series, he has scored below 10 only five times. Keeping pace with Manu, India’s score has taken Korea’s score out of reach.
As a child, Sarbjot had no idea of becoming a shooter. While studying at Bhagirath Public School in Ambala, he had only one passion — football.
He dreamed of becoming a professional footballer since childhood. One day, my life changed completely.
One day while studying in school, he saw some boys of lower classes practicing in air guns. I liked that game. He told his father, “I want to be a shooter. ’
His father Jitendra Singh is a farmer. Money was limited. There wasn’t much spending in football. But he knew about the cost of shooting. He told his son that shooting was a very expensive game.
But Sarabjot did not listen. After months of whining in front of his father, Jitendra finally regained his mind. He enrolled his son in shooting school. He may not regret that decision after Tuesday.
Sarabjot made headlines for the first time in 2019 when she won a gold medal at the Junior World Championships. In March last year, he won gold in the shooting World Cup for the first time.
In May, she won the gold medal in the mixed event with Divya Subbaraju. The Asian Games has gold in the team event and silver in the mixed event. One success after another at the senior level.
He also qualified for the Olympics a year ago after winning a bronze at the 2023 Asian Championships.
Behind the success of Sarabajyot is a special type of meditation, which is ‘Tratak’ directed by the Indian Yoga philosophy. During meditation, Saravajyot sat in a dark room.
A candle is lit one hand away at the straight height of the eye. Sarabajyot stared at the candle flame for three minutes. After closing his eyes, he imagined the candle flame for two minutes.
This exercise has to be done four times in one session. In an interview before leaving for Paris, he said, “This exercise has helped me a lot in keeping my concentration and vision right. Yoga and meditation are one of my strengths. ”
There is one more thing Sarbajyot likes. Cars and speed. I love to drive fast. It is completely opposite to his character, the close ones say. Sarabjot recently bought an SUV for his family.
After returning from the Olympics, he wants to gift himself a sports car. He is often seen driving to the Buddha International Circuit in Noida.
Watch Formula One races regularly. He said, “I love speed. I’ve loved racing cars since I was a kid. The shooting came much later. ”
He had suffered a shoulder injury during the Bhopal World Cup last year. He played a few competitions with that. But due to the increase in injury, one time has to stop.
He could not participate in the World University Games. The injury also made the Asian Games worrisome. Sarbajyot admits that this is the worst time of his career so far. However, his preparations for the Olympics did not affect him.
‘Swapnil fulfills his dream, wins bronze medal for India at Olympics
Another medal for India at the Olympics. India’s Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions. All three medals came from shooting.
He kept his nerve till the last moment and brought the medal to the country. Swapnil won the third medal after Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh. This is India’s first medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions at the Olympics.
Despite qualifying for the final, many could not believe that Swapnil could bring a medal from this difficult event.
The start was not very good for him. First there was ‘Neeling’, that is, shooting on the knees. There he scored 50.8 in the first Serie Z (five shots). Go down to seven at the beginning. In the next series, the score is a little better, 50.9. He scored 51.6 in the third series.
This was followed by ‘Prone’, that is, shooting on the chest. He scored well in every series there. He scored 52.7, 52.2 and 51.9 to move up to four.
After that, he scored 51.1 and 50.4 in two series of ‘standing’, ie standing. That’s when he moved up to No. 3 and started showing medal hopes.
After that, there was still a fight. There was ‘elimination’ after a shot. That is, one person was missing. Swapnil had the challenge of retaining the number three position.
He hit 10.4 on the first shot and then scored 9.4 and 9.9 on the second and third shots. However, there was such a difference with the fourth-place finisher that Swapnil remained third and secured bronze.
But to get silver from bronze, Swapnil had to hit a good shot. He hit 10.0. There was a 0.6-point difference with second-placed Serhiy Kulish. As a result, Kulish had to score 9.3 to get silver for Swapnil. He secured silver with a score of 9.9. China’s Yukun Liu won the gold.
‘Ticket Collector’ Swapnil Kusale wins Olympic medal
Coming from an ordinary family, making your identity on the world stage is not a mouthful. Swapnil did the same as Dhoni. Not only that, he is a ticket collector like Dhoni. There is only one difference. Dhoni left that job and went to play cricket. Swapnil still does that job.
Swapnil was born on August 6, 1995 in Kambalwadi, a village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra. Dad is a teacher. My mother is the head of the village. Swapnil was a good target from a young age.
That’s why his father admitted him to a shooting school. That’s the beginning. Swapnil has won one competition after another since childhood. In 2015, he won a gold medal in the 50m rifle prone 3 event at the Asian Shooting Championships.
Swapnil, a two-time champion of the national shooting competition, was hopeful this time. He fulfilled that hope.
Swapnil has been a fan of Dhoni since childhood. He idolizes Dhoni. In an interview, the Indian shooter said, “I don’t idolize anyone in the shooting world. My idol is Dhoni. I never met him.
But I learned a lot from watching him. Like he used to be calm on the field, I also try to keep myself calm at the shooting range. It makes it easier to achieve the goal. He was also a ticket collector. I do that job too. ”
Swapnil has been working as a ticket collector in Central Railway since 2015. In the meantime, he continued his shooting. This is the first time an Indian shooter has won a medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions.
He did not start very well in the final. First there was ‘Neeling’, that is, shooting on the knees. There he scored 50.8 in the first Serie Z (five shots). Go down to seven at the beginning. In the next series, the score is a little better, 50.9. He scored 51.6 in the third series.
This was followed by ‘Prone’, that is, shooting on the chest. He scored well in every series there. He scored 52.7, 52.2 and 51.9 to move up to four.
After that, he scored 51.1 and 50.4 in two series of ‘standing’, ie standing. That’s when he moved up to No. 3 and started showing medal hopes.
After that, there was still a fight. There was ‘elimination’ after a shot. In other words, one person was missing. Swapnil had the challenge of retaining the number three position.
He hit 10.4 on the first shot and then scored 9.4 and 9.9 on the second and third shots. However, there was such a difference with the fourth-place finisher that Swapnil remained third and secured bronze.
Dhoni led India to victory in his first T20 World Cup as captain in 2007. That’s the beginning. Swapnil won his first Olympic medal. He wants to move forward in Dhoni’s mantra.
Swapnil’s dream come true, ‘Second mother’ Deepali reveals tattoo secrets
How many people may have asked to see the ticket after getting off at the station. No one recognized. He showed the ticket and left. They showed it on the world stage. Such a strange script does not seem to have been there even in Manmohan Desai’s unrealistic old film.
Dhoni is India’s second World Cup-winning captain in cricket. And the Paris Olympics saw Swapnil’s dream come true. On Thursday, Swapnil won bronze with 451.4 points, in which no Indian has ever won a medal before.
China’s Liu Yuqun won the gold. He earned 463.6 points. Ukraine’s Serhei Kulish won silver with 461.3 points. 50m Rifle 3 Positions. Shooting triathlon is said to make the event and comparatively much more difficult.
It is so named because of the firing in three positions. Prone, Neeling, Standing. One more thing. Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event in Indore. 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
Swapnil was number five after Prone and Neeling. But his strongest spot is to shoot while standing. He played in the standing round.
“I wasn’t looking at the scoreboard. I was concentrating on the next shot,” he told reporters. Mike is announced. Didn’t you hear that too? When asked, the bronze medalist replied, “No, I wasn’t listening.
The sound of support from the Indians standing behind me rings loudly in my ears. Without the way they were shouting and encouraging, nothing would have been possible today. I wanted to do something for them. ’’
Dhoni hails from Ranchi, which was earlier famous for his insane asylum. Swapnil hails from a village in Maharashtra. His father is a school teacher, his mother is the sarpanch of the village.
The biggest similarity with Dhoni is that he is the ‘Mr. Cool’ of shooting. He knows how to keep his head cool even in the midst of disaster. On this day, he did not panic about falling behind.
Coach Dipali Deshpande has nurtured him with childlike affection since the age of seventeen. After winning the bronze, Swapnil made a WhatsApp video call to him.
“She’s my second mother,” Shatoru told reporters. Dipali Devi did not come to Paris. “His biggest qualities are discipline and an ice-cold brain,” he said over phone from India. Nothing distracts. “But does he never feel at all?”
Never break faith? I never wonder if I can do it. Something like that happens the moment before the shooter fires means it’s all over. Dreams can be shattered by the distraction of the moment. What does he do then? Deepali Devi said, “Har Har Mahadev. He’s in the aura. ’’
It turned out that he was very God-believer. He is busy with worship. He often visits the Ganpati temple. He is also a devotee of Shiva. Shiva also has a tattoo on his back.
He has a tattoo of Arjun on his right arm with ‘Promise’ written next to it. Why write this word? The coach revealed, “He promised himself that he had to do something big. So he wrote it by hand. Today he fulfilled his promise. ’’
Three of India’s three medals at the Olympics so far have been in shooting. And in each case, it seems that along with Manu Bhaker, Sarbajyot Singh or Swapnil, their coaches’ hard work and commitment are also winning.
The coach said, “It’s been a while. He showed the medal. After that, he had to run to the press conference. The Prime Minister also called. I said so, I will talk later, with time. ’’
He has previously finished fourth in multiple events. How did you get rid of the four? Swapnil replied, “I have believed in myself. I don’t care what happened in the past. “There is no star-studded gesture on the day of the medal.
“I couldn’t in the past because there must have been something wrong with me. Maybe I didn’t give my best. “It’s like hanging on the wall. The question is, what did you feel when you woke up in the morning? What did you eat? Swapnil replies,