Last Updated on 06/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is the biggest event ever held in France. The Olympic Games began on 26 July and will continue till 11 August. Every game held during this period and the victory and defeat in it will be recorded in history. At this time, every day news of the victory of players in different sports is coming from different countries.
Many things went viral during the game like Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikke created a sensation. He came like a Bollywood hero without any protection, took aim and won the silver medal and made a place in everyone’s heart. Apart from this, the marriage proposal received by the Chinese athlete after winning the gold medal also became a topic of discussion. Similarly, now a shooter’s cute rifle is in the news.
It feels strange to hear about a rifle being cute in such a big sporting event. In fact, Chinese rifle shooter Zhang Qiongyu made headlines not only for her great achievement at the Paris Olympics 2024 but also for the ‘cute’ Hello Kitty sticker on her rifle, pictures of which have gone viral on social media.
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Zhang won the bronze medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position shooting last week. With this, China has won its first medal in this event since the Rio 2016 Olympics. While people praised Zhang for her victory, many people’s attention went to her rifle decorated with Hello Kitty stickers. Many pictures of her unique rifle went viral on Twitter.
Know that Hello Kitty is a fictional character who is a female anthropomorphic white Japanese bobtail cat. Many stickers of this Kitty were seen decorated on Zhang’s rifle. There was a lot of talk about it on Twitter. One said – even such big players like these cute things. Another said – Zhang did not hesitate at all in decorating her rifle like this even on such a big stage, how cool she is.
Let us tell you that India has won 3 medals in Paris Olympics so far. All three are bronze medals, which have come in shooting. First of all, Manu Bhaker won bronze in 10 meter air pistol. Then the second bronze medal was also won by Manu Bhaker in the mixed team event. Sarabjot Singh was also in the team with her. The third bronze medal was won by Swapnil Kusale in shooting’s men’s 50 meter rifle three position.
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