Last Updated on 05/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Paris Olympics 2024: Paris Olympics 2024 started on 26th July and these games are going to run till 11th August. But in 9 days (till 4th August) India has won 3 bronze medals. All these three medals have come in shooting. But this number of medals could have been more, but there have been many occasions when Indian athletes missed the medal after coming very close to it.
Let us tell you that first of all Manu Bhaker got bronze in 10 meter air pistol. Then the second bronze 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.
But during this time, there have been 5 such occasions when Indian star athletes missed out on winning medals. One of these names is Manu Bhaker herself. Arjun Babuta, Dheeraj Bommadevara-Ankita Bhakat, Nishant Dev and Deepika Kumari are also named in this list. Let us know how these athletes missed out on medals…
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Manu Bhaker returned after coming close to the medal
Star shooter Manu Bhaker, who won 2 bronze medals, had a golden opportunity to score a hat-trick of medals in the Paris Olympics. Manu was eliminated after losing in the shoot-off of the 25 meter pistol event. At one time she was close to winning a medal, but had to play a shoot-off after the match against Hungary’s Mayor Veronica was drawn.
Then Manu could hit the target only thrice in the shoot-off, while Mayer won the medal by hitting four shots. In this way Manu narrowly missed her third medal. Manu had previously won two medals in 10 meter air pistol singles and team event.
Arjun came close to winning the silver medal and missed it
Arjun Babuta, who was once a contender for silver in the men’s singles 10 meter air rifle event, had to return without a medal. He was in contention for silver after finishing second in the first 11 rounds. Some believed that 1-2 good shots could have won him the gold.
But the situation turned upside down. Arjun played 3 bad shots (9.9, 10.1 and 9.5) and could not even win the bronze medal. Due to these bad shots, he slipped from second place to fourth place and was eliminated. Babuta had 208.4 points in the finals.
Nishant kept on bringing medals in boxing too
After winning 3 medals in shooting, India had high hopes from Nishant Dev in boxing. But Marco Verde of Mexico defeated Nishant 4-1 in the 71 kg category and knocked him out. This match was very exciting, in which Nishant was doing well for two rounds. But the third round was a tie. After this, Nishant lost the match 4-1 due to losing the last two rounds.
Deepika also could not aim her arrow at the medal
In archery, Deepika Kumari also came close to winning a medal but remained empty-handed. Deepika lost 4-6 to Korean player Soyun in the quarterfinals of the women’s individual event. The match between the two lasted for 5 sets. The score between Deepika and Soyun was 28-26, 25-28, 29-28, 27-29, 27-29, where in the end Deepika could not make it to the semifinals.
Archers Dheeraj-Ankita also missed the medal
India’s archery pair Dheeraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat also missed out on a medal in the mixed team event of Paris Olympics 2024. They were defeated 6-2 by the US pair of Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison in the bronze medal match. Dheeraj-Ankita’s performance was not good in the match. Casey and Brady defeated them 38-37, 37-35, 34-38, 37-35.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)