Manu Bhaker secured India’s first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event
Bhaker secured the bronze medal with a total score of 221.7, finishing third behind South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin (gold) and Kim Yeji (silver).
Bhaker was unfortunate to miss out on the gold medal eliminator by a slim margin of 0.1 points
She had qualified for the final by finishing third in the qualifying round held on Saturday
Bhaker is now India’s first female Olympic medallist in shooting and the first in shooting for 12 years