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Manu Bhaker, Paris Olympics 2024: The story of that shoot-off of Manu Bhaker… due to which she missed a great hat-trick in Paris Olympics

  • Arun jain, Ankita Jain and wccexam Desk

    • Indian players are in action on the eighth day of Paris Olympics 2024 i.e. on August 3. On the eighth day, the eyes of Indian fans were on star shooter Manu Bhaker, who was participating in the final of the Women’s 25m Pistol. Manu was expected to win a medal in this final, but she finished fourth. Manu Bhaker also missed out on making a hat-trick of medals in this Olympics.

    This is how the Hungarian shooter won the shootout

    If we look at it, Manu Bhaker was in a position to win a medal at one point in the final match. After the completion of seven series, Manu Bhaker was in second place. At that time, only four shooters were left in the race. After this, the eighth series took place, after the completion of which one shooter had to be eliminated. In the eighth series, only 2 out of five shots of Manu hit the target. In this way, Manu and Hungary’s Veronica Major got equal 28-28 points.

    25m women’s pistol final👇🏻@realmanubhaker finishes him off #Paris2024Olympics The campaign ended in fourth place with a total score of 28. She was eliminated in the shoot-off against Hungarian shooter Veronika Major.

    Yesterday she became the first Indian shooter to be seeded third. pic.twitter.com/NVXWdSJTSN

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    – SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 3, 2024

    In the final of any Olympic shooting event, if two shooters have equal points in the elimination stage, then a shoot-off is resorted to. In such a situation, one of the shooters, Manu and Veronica, had to finish fourth, for which a shoot-off was resorted to. In the shoot-off, the Hungarian shooter hit 3 out of 5 shots correctly. Manu Bhaker, on the other hand, could hit only two out of 5 shots.

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    Manu Bhaker’s performance in the final
    Series 1 – 2/5 shots
    Series 2- 4/5
    Series 3- 4/5
    Series 4- 3/5
    Series 5- 5/5
    Series 6- 4/5
    Series 7- 4/5
    Series 8- 2/5
    Shootoff- 2/5

    South Korea’s Jin Yang won the gold medal in this event. France’s Camille Jedrzejewski won the silver. Jin and Camille had 37-37 points, so a shootout was resorted to. Hungary’s Veronika Major won the bronze medal. A total of 8 shooters participated in the final match of Women’s 25 meter pistol.

    If Manu Bhaker had won a medal in this event, she would have become India’s greatest athlete, because no Indian player has ever won 3 medals individually. After winning the bronze medal in the individual 10 meter air pistol, Manu Bhaker also won the bronze medal in the mixed team category along with Sarabjot Singh. She became the first Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics. The special thing is that all three medals of India in this Olympics have come in shooting only.

    Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when

    Athletes/SportsMedalEventolympic season
    Norman Pritchard*Silvermen’s 200m raceParis 1900
    Norman Pritchard**SilverMen’s 200m Hurdlesparis 1900
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyAmsterdam 1928
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyLos Angeles 1932
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyBerlin 1936
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyLondon 1948
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyHelsinki 1952
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyMelbourne 1956
    KD JadhavBronzeMen’s bantamweight wrestlingHelsinki 1952
    Indian Hockey TeamSilverMen’s HockeyRome 1960
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyTokyo 1964
    Indian Hockey TeamBronzeMen’s Hockeymexico city 1968
    Indian Hockey TeamBronzeMen’s HockeyMunich 1972
    Indian Hockey TeamGoldMen’s HockeyMoscow 1980
    Leander PaesBronzemen’s singles tennisAtlanta 1996
    Karnam MalleswariBronzeWeightlifting (Women’s 54kg)Sydney 2000
    Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreSilvermen’s double trap shootingAthens 2004
    abhinav bindraGoldMen’s 10m Air Rifle Shootingbeijing 2008
    vijender singhBronzeMen’s Middleweight Boxingbeijing 2008
    Sushil KumarBronzeMen’s 66 kg Wrestlingbeijing 2008
    Sushil KumarSilverMen’s 66 kg WrestlingLondon 2012
    Vijay KumarSilverMen’s 25m Rapid Pistol ShootingLondon 2012
    Saina NehwalBronzeWomen’s Singles BadmintonLondon 2012
    mary komBronzewomen’s flyweight boxingLondon 2012
    Yogeshwar DuttBronzeMen’s 60 kg WrestlingLondon 2012
    Gagan NarangBronze10m air rifle shootingLondon 2012
    pv sinduSilverWomen’s Singles Badmintonrio 2016
    sakshi malikBronzeWomen’s 58 kg Wrestlingrio 2016
    Mirabai ChanuSilverWomen’s 49kg Weightliftingtokyo 2020
    Lovlina BorgohainBronzeWomen’s Welterweight Boxing (64-69 kg)tokyo 2020
    pv sinduBronzeWomen’s Singles Badmintontokyo 2020
    Ravi Kumar DahiyaSilverMen’s Freestyle 57 kg Wrestlingtokyo 2020
    Indian Hockey TeamBronzeMen’s Hockeytokyo 2020
    Bajrang PuniaBronzeMen’s 65 kg Wrestlingtokyo 2020
    Neeraj ChopraGoldMen’s Javelin Throwtokyo 2020
    manu bhakerBronzeWomen’s 10m Air PistolParis 2024
    Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot SinghBronze10m Air Pistol Mixed TeamParis 2024
    Swapnil KusaleBronze50 m rifle 3 positionsParis 2024

    *** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.

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    India’s medalists in shooting (Olympics)
    1. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Silver Medal: Athens (2004)
    2. Abhinav Bindra, Gold Medal, Beijing Olympics (2008)
    3. Gagan Narang, Bronze Medal: London Olympics (2012)
    4. Vijay Kumar, Silver Medal: London Olympics (2012)
    5. Manu Bhaker, Bronze medal: Paris Olympics (2024)
    6. Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh, Bronze Medal: Paris Olympics (2024)
    7. Swapnil Kusale, Bronze Medal: Paris Olympics (2024)


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