Manu Bhaker First Medal Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker has created history by winning the bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024. She has achieved this feat by scoring 221.7 in the 10 meter air pistol event of shooting. Let us tell you that Manu Bhaker is the first Indian female shooter to win a medal in the Olympics. On this historic victory, Nita Ambani, who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has sent a special message for her.
Nita Ambani congratulated Manu Bhaker on winning the medal and hoped that she would continue to inspire other youth. She said – This is a historic moment. Our youngest shooter has won us the first medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. Many congratulations to Manu Bhaker. Manu has become India’s first female athlete to win a medal in the 10 meter air pistol event of the Olympics and by doing so you have created history. I know that your success will encourage other youth to dream big. Keep working to wave the tricolor high.
On Shooter Manu Bhaker winning Bronze medal at the #ParisOlympics2024 , What an incredible moment! Our youngest woman shooter has opened India’s tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a bronze. Congratulations, Manu Bhaker! As the first Indian woman to win in the 10 m air pistol… pic.twitter.com/A7X4u68T2p
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024
Let us tell you that Manu Bhaker could not win a medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to a faulty pistol. But this time she has given a wonderful performance and has aimed at the bronze medal at the age of 22. Manu finished third with a score of 221.7 in the final and when she was eliminated, she was only 0.1 points behind Kim Yeji of South Korea. But in the end she had to be satisfied with the bronze medal. On the other hand, talking about Nita Ambani, she became a member of the IOC during the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has been making a significant contribution in promoting sports in India for the last 8 years and has also made a huge contribution in making the Olympic Movement successful.
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