Manu Bhaker Paris Olympics 2024 medal Hat Trick: Manu Bhaker has emerged as a ‘fierce’ athlete in the Paris Olympics. By winning two medals one after the other, he has registered his name in the pages of history. Now Manu is close to winning a gold medal in another event.
Manu Bhakar made it to the finals of women’s 25 meter pistol today (2nd August). Manu stood second with a total of 590 marks. Isha Singh disappointed, she remained at 18th position. The final match will take place tomorrow (3 August) at 1 pm Indian time.
25m Women’s Rapid Pistol Qualification
MANU MASTERCLASS!@realmanubhaker ‘s fantastic run of form at the #Paris2024Olympics continues with a score of 590 as she finishes 2nd, qualifying for the finals.
Esha Singh finished 18th with a score of 581 and failed to qualify for the… pic.twitter.com/rbCXNAUWdw
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Manu Bhaker on Friday qualified for the final of the shooting 25m women’s pistol event, moving towards an unprecedented third medal for India at the Paris Olympic Games, but Isha Singh bowed out of the competition.
Manu scored a total of 590 points with 294 points in precision and 296 points in rapid and entered the finals by securing second place in the qualification.
Manu scored 97, 98 and 99 points respectively in three series of 10-10 marks in the precision round. In the rapid round, he scored 100, 98 and 98 marks in three series.
Major Veronika of Hungary topped the qualification with 592 points, equaling the Olympic qualification record.
Isha stood 18th with 291 points in precision and 290 points in rapid, scoring a total of 581 points and could not make it to the final among eight shooters. After scoring 95 and 96 points in the first two series of precision, she made a strong comeback with 100 points, but could only score 97, 96 and 97 points in the rapid round.
The final of this event will be played on Saturday, August 3. After the precision round of qualification, Manu and Isha were at third and 10th position respectively.
Veronica and Camille Jedrzejewski of France, who were in the top two positions in the precision round, also scored 294 points like Manu, but both of them captured the first two positions by hitting more at ‘X’ (center of the target). Manu hit ‘X’ seven times, while Veronica and Camille did so 15 and 13 times respectively.
After winning the bronze medal in individual 10 meter air pistol, Manu Bhakar along with Sarabjot Singh also won the bronze medal in the mixed team category. She became the first Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics.
Manu has made this record
Manu Bhaker has become the first Indian since independence to win two medals in the same Olympics. On July 30, he along with Sarabjot Singh created history by defeating South Korea in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team category at the Paris Olympics. British-born Indian player Norman Pritchard won silver medals in 200 meter sprint and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Olympics, but that achievement was achieved before independence.
Bronze for team India in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team match!
Manu and Sarabjot with some fantastic shooting to land India’s second medal of the #Paris2024Olympics! pic.twitter.com/WhFPY7mNa7
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The Indian pair defeated Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin of Korea 16-10 and gave the country its second medal in this Olympics. Earlier, Manu had won bronze in the women’s 10 meter air pistol event.
I will try to score a hat-trick: Manu
After winning the second bronze medal, Manu Bhakar looked very happy with her partner Sarabjot Singh at the event. When she was asked whether she can now score a hat-trick of medals, she said that she will give her all to win the medal and will try to score a hat-trick.
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3 medals have come in shooting
If seen, for the first time an Indian shooter has won a medal in the 50 meter rifle three positions event of the Olympics. This was India’s third medal in the current Olympic Games. Before this, India’s last two medals also came in shooting. That means, for the first time, India won three medals in shooting in an Olympic season.
Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when.
athlete/sports | medal | event | olympic season |
Norman Pritchard* | silver | men’s 200 meter race | paris 1900 |
Norman Pritchard** | silver | Men’s 200m Hurdle Race | paris 1900 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | amsterdam 1928 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | los angeles 1932 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | berlin 1936 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | London 1948 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Helsinki 1952 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | melbourne 1956 |
KD Jadhav | bronze | men’s bantamweight wrestling | Helsinki 1952 |
Indian hockey team | silver | men’s hockey | rome 1960 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | tokyo 1964 |
Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | Mexico City 1968 |
Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | munich 1972 |
Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Moscow 1980 |
leander paes | bronze | Men’s Singles Tennis | atlanta 1996 |
Karnam Malleshwari | bronze | Weightlifting (Women’s 54 kg) | sydney 2000 |
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | silver | men’s double trap shooting | Athens 2004 |
Abhinav Bindra | Gold | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting | beijing 2008 |
Vijender Singh | bronze | Men’s middleweight boxing | beijing 2008 |
Sushil Kumar | bronze | men’s 66 kg wrestling | beijing 2008 |
Sushil Kumar | silver | men’s 66 kg wrestling | london 2012 |
Vijay Kumar | silver | Men’s 25m Rapid Pistol Shooting | london 2012 |
Saina Nehwal | bronze | women’s singles badminton | london 2012 |
Mary Kom | bronze | women’s flyweight boxing | london 2012 |
Yogeshwar Dutt | bronze | Men’s 60kg Wrestling | london 2012 |
Gagan Narang | bronze | 10 meter air rifle shooting | london 2012 |
PV Sindhu | silver | women’s singles badminton | rio 2016 |
Sakshi Malik | bronze | Women’s 58kg Wrestling | rio 2016 |
Mirabai Chanu | silver | Women’s 49kg Weightlifting | tokyo 2020 |
Lovlina Borgohain | bronze | Women’s Welterweight Boxing (64-69 kg) | tokyo 2020 |
PV Sindhu | bronze | women’s singles badminton | tokyo 2020 |
Ravi Kumar Dahiya | silver | Men’s Freestyle 57kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | tokyo 2020 |
Bajrang Punia | bronze | Men’s 65kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
Neeraj Chopra | Gold | Men’s Javelin Throw | tokyo 2020 |
Manu Bhakar | bronze | Women’s 10m Air Pistol | paris 2024 |
Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh | bronze | 10 meter air pistol mixed team | paris 2024 |
Swapnil Kusale | bronze | 50 meter rifle three position | paris 2024 |
*** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.