Paris Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker. (Picture Credit: AP)
When asked about what her ambitions for the future ahead were, the ace shooter answered back in expected fashion, stating that her goal was to etch her name in history as one of the greatest.
Time takes time, and it sure did for Bhaker, who made history at the Paris Olympics, becoming the first Indian to clinch two medals in a single edition of the Sumer Games, and she’s nowhere near done yet.
Bhaker opened India’s medal tally at the Paris Games as she claimed the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol event and doubled it when she picked up yet another bronze alongside Sarabjot Singh in the 10m Mixed Team Air Pistol event.
She nearly tripled her tally in her favoured 25m Air Pistol event but had to settle for a fourth-place finish, thereby concluding her Olympic campaign with a record two medals.
When asked about what her ambitions for the future ahead were, the ace shooter answered back in expected fashion, stating that her goal was to etch her name in history as one of the greatest.
“I would like to be one of the greatest. This is just a beginning for me. I want to devote my entire life to sports and India. I am just trying my best to win as many medals as possible for my country,” stated Bhaker.
#WATCH | Paris, France: Double medal winner at #ParisOlympics, Manu Bhaker says, “I would like to be one of the greatest. This is just a beginning for me. I want to devote my entire life to sports and India. I am just trying my best to win as many medals as possible for my… pic.twitter.com/lOuZOKlREw— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2024
The journey at the Paris Olympics has been fantastic for me. These two medals will help a lot…It would boost the confidence that they can also do well not just in one event but more events.”
Bhaker’s accomplishments in France are given a further coat of sheen considering the heartbreaking outing she suffered during the Tokyo Olympics, where she missed out on a medal following a pistol malfunction.
The 22-year-old, however, banished any ghosts of Olympics past to shoot her way to glory and got the Indian contingent’s first medal to get the ball rolling.
The good news only continued for Bhaker from then onwards as she had been given the privilege of serving as the flag bearer for the national contingent at the closing ceremony of the 33rd edition of the sporting extravaganza.
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