Kochi: India won the first medal in the Paris Olympics when Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event. Bhaker became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal.The 22-year-old of Haryana had qualified for the final of her event with a score of 580 points finishing third out of 45 competitors on July 27.
The 22-year-old Bhaker, who hails from Jhajjar in Haryana, fought hard to get the bronze with a score of 221.7 here. Korea’s Kim Yeji claimed the silver with a total of 241.3 while her compatriot
Jin Ye Oh and Kim Yeji of Korea bagged the gold and silver respectively.In the past, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had won silver in Athens Olympics, 2004, Bindra gold in Beijing in 2008, Gagan Narang won bronze in London in 2012, and Vijay Kumar won silver in London.
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