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India's first medalist at the Paris Olympics 2024, Manu Bhaker, received a congratulatory call from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi after her Bronze in the wo men's 10m air pistol shooting event. Bhaker scripted history by ending India's 12-year shooting Olympic medal with her commanding performance.
The last time India won shooting medals at the Olympics was at the London edition in 2012 when rapid-fire pistol shooter Vijay Kumar won silver and 10m air rifle marksman Gagan Narang clinched bronze. Hence celebrating this incredible achievement, PM Modi called Manu Bhaker and congratulated her for the performance. Further, he also praised the Jhajjar native for making the country proud and wished her the best of luck for her upcoming events.
PM Modi applauds Manu Bhaker after bronze at Paris Olympics 2024
"Many congratulations Manu. I am happy with your success. You lost silver by 0.1 points but made the country proud. You are getting two kinds of praise. You won the bronze medal to become the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympics medal. Tokyo Olympics mein rifle ne tere saath daga kar diya (Rifle betrayed you in Tokyo). But this time you overcame all obstacles. I hope you will do well in your other categories too," PM Modi told Manu Bhaker.
For me, the feeling is really surreal: Manu Bhaker on winning bronze
Speaking about her performance, Manu Bhaker described the result as something surreal. Reacting to her bronze medal victory, Bhaker said, "Well, I feel great. And it was a long-due medal for India. I was just merely mode to do it. And India deserves more, even more medals, as many as possible. So we are looking forward to as many events as possible this time."
"And the entire team has worked really hard and personally, for me, the feeling is really surreal. I feel that I did a good job. I put in a lot of effort and even until the last one, I was just fighting with all energy that I had. And, um, this was a bronze. But I'm really grateful that I could win a bronze for India, maybe better next time."
