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Nita Ambani, IOC member and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, congratulated Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for helping India win their second medal at Paris Olympics 2024. read more
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Nita Ambani praises Manu Bhaker after her second medal win at Paris Olympics. Images: Reuters/AP
Manu Bhaker created another history on Tuesday as she won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at Paris 2024 with Indian shooter Sarabjot Singh. Manu, who won India’s first medal at the Paris Olympics – a bronze in a 10m air pistol individual event – has become the first athlete in independent India’s history to win two medals at a same Olympics.
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Nita Ambani, IOC member and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, congratulated Manu and Sarabjot for helping India win their second medal at Paris 2024. She reserved special praise for history-making Manu Bhaker.
“Our athletes create history again with India’s first-ever medal in a mixed-team event at the Olympics. Congratulations to Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning Bronze in the mixed 10m air pistol. A special call out to Manu for becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympic edition. The entire nation is keeping its fingers crossed for her hat-trick now. Here’s wishing all our athletes the very best for the Games ahead. Go, India, go,” Nita Ambani said.
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Manu-Sarabjot beat South Korea’s Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin 16-10 in the Bronze Medal play-off match. Both Bhaker and Sarabjot shot consistently with regular 10s in the series to overcome the Koreans.
Manu Bhaker will also take part in the 25m pistol event.
Anglo-Indian athlete Norman Pritchard had won two silver medals in 200m sprint and 200m hurdles at the 1900 Paris Olympics but that feat had come in the pre-Independence era.
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