Paris Olympics 2024 / Manu Bhaker created history by winning the bronze medal, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting

Paris Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker of India has performed brilliantly in Paris Olympics 2024. She has won a bronze medal for India in 10m air pistol and hoisted the tricolor in Paris. She is the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal for India in shooting. This is also India's first medal in Paris Olympics 2024.

Manu Bhaker scored this much

8 women shooters were in the fray for the medal in 10m air pistol. Manu secured third place and won the medal. Manu scored a total of 221.7. She scored 50.4 in the first stage and then her score reached 101.7 in the second stage. The first two positions were occupied by Korean players. Oh Ye Jin of South Korea scored 243.2. She stood first and won the gold medal. Kim Yeji was at number two, whose score was 241.3.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 🔥🔥🔥

She wins 1st medal for India in Paris and its a Bronze.

She becomes 1st ever female Indian Shooter to win an Olympic medal. #PARIS2024 #Paris2024withIAS pic.twitter.com/C4X7iTfLjn

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Manu Bhaker was a big contender to win the medal in Tokyo Olympics. Then her pistol malfunctioned and she could not win a medal. But she has made up for the loss of Tokyo in Paris and created history by winning a medal. Before her, no Indian female shooter had won a medal in the Olympics. Now she has made this record in her name.

She had performed strongly in the qualification round

All the shooters got a chance to play a total of 6 series in the qualification round, in which the players who were in the top-8 finally confirmed their place for the medal event. In this, 22-year-old Manu Bhaker scored 97 out of 100 in the first series. After this, 97 in the second series, while after the completion of three series, Manu had 292 out of 300 points. Manu scored 96 points consecutively in the last three series and confirmed her place for the final.

At 18, she missed out on qualifying for Final of 2 Individual events in Tokyo.

Despite the turmoil, she never gave up. Her resilience led to a stunning comeback, winning 🥉 in Paris

What an incredible story! 🌟

So proud of you, girl ❤️ #Paris2024#Paris2024withIAS pic.twitter.com/Jgq8KJz8bW

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) July 28, 2024