Manu Bhaker On Cusp Of Creating history, Will Become First indian Female Athlete…

Star indian shooter manu Bhaker, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 10 m air pistol event at the ongoing paris olympics 2024 on sunday (July 28), has a chance to create history on tuesday (July 30) by becoming the first indian female athlete to win multiple medals in a single edition of the Olympic games. The 22-year-old shooter from Haryana, who opened India’s medal account in paris on sunday, will be in action on tuesday during the bronze medal playoff match of the 10 m air pistol mixed team event.

If she and her partner Sarbajot Singh manage to get the better of the South Korean pair of Wonho Lee and Ye Jin Oh, then Bhaker will become the first female and second athlete overall to win two medals in a single edition of the olympics for India.Norman Pritchard is the first and only athlete to date to win two medals in the same olympic games for India. He achieved the feat during the 1900 paris olympics by winning silver medals in the 200-metre hurdles and 200-metre race.

A total of three indian athletes—Pritchard, Sushil Kumar, and PV Sindhu—have managed to win two medals in the olympics, but unlike Pritchard, Sushil and sindhu finished on the podium in two different editions.

Sushil won a bronze medal for india in the wrestling event of the 2008 beijing olympics and a silver medal in the 2012 london olympics, whereas ace shuttler sindhu won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Games and settled for a bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Games.Manu, who finished third in the women’s 10 m air pistol event, is the fifth shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. rajyavardhan singh rathore was the first to win an Olympic medal for india in shooting. He achieved the feat by bagging a silver medal in the double trap event at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Abhinav Bindra joined the elite list during the 2008 beijing olympics by winning the first ever individual gold medal for India. He finished on top in the men’s 10 m air rifle event. Vijay Kumar won a silver medal for india in the 25-metre rapid-fire pistol event of the 2012 london olympics, and Gagan Narang finished third in the 10-metre air rifle event of the 2012 olympics to win a bronze medal.
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S Venkateshwari

30/07/2024 11:43 AM