CM Yogi congratulates shooters Sarabjot Singh, Manu Bhaker for winning Bronze in Olympics

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] July 30 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, congratulated renowned shooters Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker for winning the Bronze medal in the 10m air pistol (mixed team) event at the Paris Olympics 2024. He also extended his best wishes for their future endeavors.

Earlier, Manu Bhaker had secured India’s first bronze medal in the 10m air pistol individual event with a score of 221.7.

Celebrating this remarkable Olympic achievement, the Chief Minister wrote on ‘X’: “The entire nation is thrilled and proud of your success. May your winning streak continue for years to come! Jai Hind!”

Notably, India’s shooting ace Manu Bhaker scripted history on Tuesday when she became the first Indian to win two medals at the same Olympics.

Bhaker and her partner Sarabjot Singh secured bronze in the 10 M Air Pistol Mixed team event. Earlier, Bhaker had won bronze in the women’s individual 10M Air pistol event. Manu-Sarabjot beat South Korea’s Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin 16-10 in the Bronze Medal play-off match.

With this medal, India’s medal tally increases to two in the Paris Olympics. Both Bhaker and Sarabjot shot consistently with regular 10s in the series against the Koreans. The NRAI celebrated the success saying “India wins bronze in the mixed team 10m air pistol as @realmanubhaker and @Sarabjotsingh30 beat Korea’s Oh Ye Jin & Lee Won Ho 16-10 in the bronze match.

Second medal for Manu at the Games. History!” Earlier on Monday, Manu-Sarabjot secured 580-20x points in total to finish third, The gold medal match will take place between Turkiye (582-18x) and Serbia (581-24x).

Talking to JioCinema after her medal win, Bhaker said, “Okay, so after Tokyo, I was very disappointed and how the events turned out to be for me was not very good. It took me a long time to overcome that. However, I came back stronger. So what is now is what matters. The past shall remain in the past.”