Proud moment for India as Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Paris Olympics. Actor Anil Kapoor can't keep calm and congratulated the duo.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday congratulated Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Paris Olympics and said that this is a "moment of pride" for the nation.
Bhaker and Sarabjot's victory sent Indian fans into joyous rapture with several people praising their effort. IOC Member and Founder Chairperson Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani said the nation now awaits a hat trick from Manu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Paris Olympics, saying that our shooters continue to make us proud and India is incredibly delighted.
Sarabjot became the third Indian to make the medal rounds at this Munich World Cup, after both Ramita and Esha Singh had finished sixth in earlier event finals in Air Rifle and Air Pistol.
Manu Bhaker, emerged as the most successful Shooting athlete of the first ever Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, winning the women's 10M Air Pistol OST T4 match on the concluding day of the trials at the MP State Shooting Academy (MPSSA) ranges
Both Esha Singh and Anish Bhanwala registered their second Olympic Selection Trial (OST) win, posting victories in the women's 25m pistol and men's 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) OST T3 matches respectively. While Anish had won the first trial in the same event in Delhi, Esha had won the second
India have won a record 20 Paris Olympic quota places in Shooting, including a maximum of eight each in the rifle and pistol disciplines and four in Shotgun
Palak Gulia overcame a wobbly start in the 24-shot final, displaying nerves of steel to climb steadily up the leaderboard and eventually end with 217.6, bowing out after the 22nd shot. Armenia's Elmira Karapetyan won gold, while Thai teenager Kamonlak Saencha won silver and the second availa
Reigning Asian Games champ Palak and the second teenager in the squad Sainyam, kept the Indian shooting squad on course for a Paris Olympic 2024 quota place, reaching the final of the women's 10m air pistol in Rio de Janeiro.
A world-class 52-strong field will only be the first challenge that India's women 10m air pistol shooters Palak, Surbhi Rao and Sainyam, will have to overcome in their quest for a Paris Olympic quota place at the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship Rifle/Pistol in Rio De Janeiro