File photograph of Manu Bhaker.© AFP
It was not nearly as good an ending to Manu Bhaker’s marketing campaign on the Paris Olympics as she would have preferred. The shooter, who scripted historical past along with her two bronze medals on the occasion, missed out on a historic third as she ended on the fourth place in a high-quality ultimate of ladies’s 25m pistol competitors. Manu first clinched a bronze in ladies’s 10m air pistol occasion earlier than claiming the identical honour within the combined workforce 10m air pistol, whereas partnering with Sarabjot Singh.
Manu grew to become the first-ever athlete from unbiased India to assert two Olympic medals in a single version. She was nevertheless disillusioned on lacking out on a golden alternative to make it a historic treble.
“Well, my performance was incredible. I would say it was all a planning of my coach Jaspal sir and the way he planned everything and I am so happy that I performed so good in the qualifications. All my matches were great but just the finals, two bronze and one fourth-place finish. It could have been better but there’s always a scope for improvement, so you can better yourself next time,” Manu Bhaker informed NDTV in an unique interview.
“Whenever I go in for any of my matches, I try to give my best and I don’t want to be be like ‘Ohh, I will try, I will try’. I definitely give everything I have. The result is in nobody’s control. 4th position, yes, it’s not a great position to be in and few days ago, Arjun Babuta was also in the same position, so I think it’s all about timing. And, if you keep supporting us, athletes like Arjun, me, even in our low phases then we will do absolutely great,” she added.
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