Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh clinched a bronze medal in the mixed 10m air pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday (July 30) as India added one more medal to its tally. Just 48 hours after winning a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event, Manu paired up with Sarabjot Singh to add another medal to her cabinet. The medal is India’s second at the Paris Olympics 2024 and first in a team’s event in shooting at the quadrennial event.
Contesting against Oh Ye-jin and Lee Wonho of South Korea, the Indian pair was relentless in their approach and managed a 16-10 score to win. The South Korean pair initially saved a match point but could not repeat the feat when the Indian pair had a 14-10 lead. In the end, India won the bronze medal having been the superior of the two sides. This also meant India now has two medals at the Paris Olympics, both in shooting.
On the flip side, Manu Bhaker scripted history as she became the first Indian to win two medals at the same Olympics in the post-independence era. In the 1900 Olympics, also in Paris, India’s Norman Pritchard won two medals in athletics. She now joins the likes of PV Sindhu and Sushil Kumar to have won multiple medals at the Olympics in individual event.