Following Manu Bhaker’s historic bronze medal within the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated the shooter on her win and revealed the onerous work and expenditure that went behind her coaching. Bhaker completed third to safe a bronze medal within the ultimate of the Women’s Air Pistol occasion on Sunday. She grew to become the primary Indian lady to win a medal in taking pictures on the Olympics.
Following her win, Mandaviya informed ANI, “By winning the first bronze medal in the Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker has made India proud. In her interaction, she said that she has been a part of ‘Khelo India’. I am delighted to tell you that PM Modi started ‘Khelo India’ and under this initiative, sports infrastructure was set up in the country, sports competition was increased, and projects were floated to identify sports talent at school and college levels. Good coaches were hired to train the talents identified, they were provided good training and under the TOPS scheme, arrangements were made to ensure that they did not face any financial constraints.”
Mandaviya revealed that round Rs 2 crores had been spent on Manu’s coaching and she or he was despatched to Germany and Switzerland for it. He additionally expressed confidence that different athletes will even do nicely within the Olympics.
“Around Rs 2 crore was spent on Manu Bhaker’s training. She was sent to Germany and Switzerland for training. Financial help was provided which was needed for her to hire a coach who she wanted. We are providing this ecosystem to all athletes so that they give best performance at national and international competitions. I am confident that our athletes will perform well in Paris Olympics too,” he added.
On the taking pictures and archery competitions happening right now, Manaviya added, “Shooting and Archery competitions are taking place today. We should encourage our athletes with #CheerForBharat on social media and encourage them. We expect our athletes to perform well.”
Bhaker will as soon as once more be in motion through the 10 m air pistol combined group competitors qualification rounds together with Sarabjot Singh from 12:45 PM onwards.
Indian shooters Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta, together with the boys’s archery group, will goal so as to add to the nation’s medal rely on the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday.
On Sunday, Ramita made it to the ultimate of the ladies’s 10 m air rifle occasion after a fifth-place end through the qualification spherical, whereas Arjun got here at seventh within the males’s occasion. The prime eight gamers from each the qualification rounds made it to the finals, that are scheduled for right now, as per Olympics.com.
Also, the boys’s archery group of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav can be taking over Turkiye or Colombia within the quarterfinals at 6:31 PM. The medal rounds of this class will happen right now itself.
Bhaker introduced India’s first medal within the ongoing mega occasion as she gained a bronze medal with a rating of 221.7.
It was a redemption arc for Manu after her pistol malfunctioned on the Tokyo Olympics. She made historical past by changing into the primary Indian lady in 20 years to succeed in a taking pictures ultimate in a person occasion of the Olympics since Suma Shirur in 2004.
South Korea’s Ye Jin clinched the gold medal with an Olympic file of 243.2 factors. Her compatriot, Kim Yeji, settled for silver with 241.3 factors.
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