Each Indian Elated By Her Olympic Feat: Rajnath Singh After Assembly Manu Bhaker

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday showered reward on star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker as he met the double Olympic bronze medallist after her triumphant return from the Paris Video games. Singh stated each Indian is elated by her “unimaginable performances”. He additionally shared {a photograph} of their assembly in a publish on X. “Delighted to fulfill India’s ace shooter, Manu Bhaker, who scripted historical past on the Paris Olympics by wining two Bronze medals for the nation. Each Indian is elated by her unimaginable performances. Greatest needs for her future endeavours,” Singh wrote on the social media platform.

Bhaker arrived house on Wednesday after her historic feat on the ongoing Paris Video games the place she turned the primary Indian within the post-Independence period to win two medals in a single version of the Olympics.

Bhaker will return to Paris on Saturday and would be the feminine flag bearer of the Indian contingent on the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony on Sunday.

The 22-year-old Bhaker received a bronze every within the ladies’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol blended crew occasion the place she had paired with Sarabjot Singh to script Olympic historical past for the nation.

Earlier than her, British-Indian athlete Norman Pritchard had received two silver medals in 200m dash and 200m hurdles on the 1900 Olympics however that achievement had come within the pre-Independence period.

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