On Sunday, Manu Bhaker won a historic bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol event, burying Tokyo's ghosts and launching India into the Paris Olympics. She broke a 12-year drought for an overall Olympic medal in shooting by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the Games.
The last time India won decorations at the Olympics was at the London version in 2012 when quick discharge gun shooter Vijay Kumar won silver and 10m air rifle marksman Gagan Narang secured bronze.

Manu Bhaker Becomes Third Indian Women To Enter Finals Of Olympic Games

Manu, who turned the third Indian lady to enter the last adjustments of a singular shooting occasion at the Olympics by completing third with 580 in the capability adjusts, shot 221.7 to complete third in the last to guarantee the bronze award.
Oh Ye Jin of South Korea won the gold medal, breaking the Olympic record. She beat Vitalina Batsarkshkina's previous record of 240.3 when she finished with a total of 243.2.

'Was Disappointed By Last Performance' 

Your confidence can suffer greatly after three years. A gun glitch in the capabilities at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 had decreased Bhaker to tears yet this time around, she was a unique shooter. Manu is the most recent example of sports redemption, having gone from contemplating retirement after suffering heartbreak at the Toky Games to winning a historic bronze medal in Paris.
"I was very disappointed after Tokyo, and it took me a very long time to get over that." "To be honest, I don't know how to describe how good I feel today," Bhaker stated.

About Manu Bhaker

Hailing from Jhajjar, Haryana - a state prestigious for its brandishing ability - Manu Bhaker showed a characteristic partiality for games from early on. Associated with tennis, skating, boxing, and the combative techniques of thang ta, she gathered public acknowledgment in these disciplines.
A significant second showed up in 2016 when motivated by the Rio Olympics, 14-year-old Manu found an energy for shooting.
Manu's star shone brightly at the 2018 Youth Olympics where she clinched gold in the women's 10m air pistol event.