Shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India’s first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. She striked bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol final. This is India’s first medal in shooting at the Olympics in 12 years. Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar were the last indians who clinched a medal in the Olympics and it came in London olympics 2012.Manu Bhaker’s grandmother expressed her happiness and said, “I bless her. She has done a great job. We will all welcome her once she is here. I will prepare a special food for her.”Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated Manu for winning a bronze medal at the Olympics.Congratulating the shooter, the Chief Minister said, “Finally the dream that the whole country was expecting from Haryana’s strong daughter @realmanubhaker came true. The country’s proud female shooter Manu Bhaker has shown her strength in Paris. Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal for the country in the 10 meter women’s air pistol event at the Paris Olympics. Today, 22-year-old Manu Bhaker has achieved something that the whole country and the state of Haryana are proud of. Every Haryanvi’s chest has swelled with pride today. Many congratulations to the strong and courageous daughter of Haryana.”
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