Paris Olympic 2024: Paris Olympics 2024 has started from 26th July and these games are going to run till 11th August. But in 9 days (till 4th August), India has won 3 bronze medals. All three of them have come in medal shooting. But this number of medals could have been higher, but there have been many occasions when Indian athletes came very close and missed the medal.
Let us tell you that Manu Bhakar first got bronze in 10 meter air pistol. Then Manu Bhakar also got the second bronze in the mixed team event. Sarabjot Singh was also in the team with him. Swapnil Kusale won the third bronze medal in men’s 50 meter rifle three position shooting.
But during this period, there have also been 5 such occasions when Indian star athletes missed out on winning medals. One of these names is that of Manu Bhakar himself. The names of Arjun Babuta, Dheeraj Bommadevara-Ankita Bhakat, Nishant Dev and Deepika Kumari are also in this list. Let us know how these athletes missed the medal…
Manu Bhaker returned after coming close to the medal
Star shooter Manu Bhaker, who won 2 bronze medals, had a golden opportunity to win a hat-trick of medals in the Paris Olympics. Manu was eliminated after losing in the shootoff of 25 meter pistol event. At one time she was close to winning the medal, but after the match against Hungary’s Mayor Veronika was a draw, she had to play a shootoff.
Then Manu could hit the target only three times in the shootoff, while Mayer won the medal by scoring four shots. In this way Manu narrowly missed her third medal. Manu had earlier won 2 medals in 10 meter air pistol singles and team events.
Arjun came close to silver medal and missed
Arjun Babauta, who had once claimed silver in 10 meter air rifle men’s singles, had to return without a medal. He was in contention for silver by finishing second after the first 11 rounds. Some believed that 1-2 good shots could have given them gold.
But the matter turned out to be the opposite. Arjun played 3 bad shots (9.9, 10.1 and 9.5) and could not even win the bronze medal. Due to these bad shots, he slipped from second position to fourth position and was eliminated. Babauta had 208.4 points in the finals.
Nishant kept on bringing medals in boxing also
After winning 3 medals in shooting, India had hopes from Nishant Dev in boxing. But Mexico’s Marco Verde eliminated Nishant by defeating him 4-1 in the 71 kg category. This match was quite exciting, in which Nishant was doing well for two rounds. But the third round was equal. After this, due to losing the last two rounds, Nishant lost the match 4-1.
Even Deepika could not shoot the medal
In archery, Deepika Kumari also came close to the medal and remained empty handed. Deepika had to face defeat 4-6 against Korean player Soyun in the quarterfinals of the women’s individual event. This match between the two lasted for 5 sets. The score between Deepika-Soyun was 28-26, 25-28, 29-28, 27-29, 27-29, where in the end Deepika could not make her place in the semi-finals.
Archers Dheeraj-Ankita also missed the medal
India’s archery pair Dheeraj Bommadevra and Ankita Bhakat also missed a medal in the mixed team event of the Paris Olympics 2024. They were defeated 6-2 by the American pair of Cassie Kaufhold and Brady Ellison in the bronze medal match. Dheeraj-Ankita’s performance in the match was not good. Cassie and Brady defeated them 38-37, 37-35, 34-38, 37-35.