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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to shooter Manu Bhaker on phone and congratulated her for winning India’s first medal at Paris Olympics 2024. read more
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PM Modi congratulated Manu Bhaker for winning bronze medal at Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Reuters/PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday personally called Manu Bhaker and praised the shooter for winning India’s first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. PM Modi said that Bhaker’s success was even more special as she is the first woman to win a medal in shooting for India.
Manu Bhaker clinched a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event on Sunday in the Paris Games to end India’s 12-year wait for a shooting medal in the Olympics while also becoming the first female shooter from the country to finish on the podium.
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“Huge congratulations to you. I am very excited and happy after hearing about your success,” Modi said on the call. “You lost silver by 0.1 but you have made India proud. You should be credited for two things: you won bronze and also you are the first female shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. A lot of congratulations from my side. Last time in the Tokyo Olympics your pistol betrayed you but this time you have compensated for everything.”
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Bhaker thanked PM Modi for his support and said that she will try to do much better in her future events.
“I have more events coming up and hope I will do well in them as well,” she said.
“I have full confidence you will do very well. The beginning is so well that this will motivate you and India will also benefit from there.” PM Modi replied.
Thank you Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for your blessings. I would like to thank government for all the support and encouragement. It means a lot. https://t.co/JxfDYU0oK4
— Manu Bhaker🇮🇳 (@realmanubhaker) July 28, 2024The Prime Minister also enquired about the arrangements that the government has made for the Indian athletes.
“Are all the arrangements alright there? We have tried to give the best comfort to our athletes from the point of view of sports,” PM said.
“Everyone is very happy. We have everything here. All your efforts have been successful,” Manu Bhaker replied.
PM Modi finished by saying that the shooter has his blessings.
“Lots of blessings from my end. Thank you.”
Also going viral on social media is a video of Bhaker’s interaction with PM Modi before leaving for the Paris Olympics in which she credited the Indian government’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and Khelo India initiative for her rise in the sport of shooting.
🏅 Watch Manu Bhaker Ji speaking with PM Sri Narendra Modi Ji before the pre-Olympics 2024 interaction! 🇮🇳
Today, Modi Ji called Olympic Medalist Shooter Manu Bhaker to congratulate her on winning a Bronze medal in Women’s 10m Air Pistol at the #ParisOlympics2024#Olympics2024 pic.twitter.com/JfAPwBbKfw
“Khelo India was something which guided a lot of athletes…a lot of athletes from there are competing with me. TOPs has supported me since 2018…Khelo India and TOPS have played a major role in my reaching here, she said.
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