Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won bronze in the mixed team 10m Air Pistol event at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre on Tuesday, securing India’s second medal at the Olympics in Paris.
India now has two shooting medals in the current Paris Games, as Manu won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol competition. After the third series, India was up 4–2 and in the fifth, their advantage was 8–2. The Indian duo kept their cool to win easily, even after South Korea narrowed the score to 10-6 after the eighth series.
This is Sarabjot’s first Olympic medal. Manu, on the other hand, became the first Indian to secure two medals at a single Olympic Games, having won a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Also, Bhaker became only the 4th Indian to win multiple medals for India at a Summer Games, following Norman Pritchard in athletics, Sushil Kumar in wrestling and PV Sindhu in badminton. In any case, no Indian has taken home multiple medals in a single edition till Bhaker in Paris 2024.
