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Manu Bhaker Falls Short of Olympic Treble After Narrow Bronze Medal Loss
Bhaker, who briefly held top position amongst the eight finalists, found it difficult to sustain the performance and eventually finished in a tied third place. The 22-year-old Indian scored 28 in the final, level with Major's score after the eighth five-shot series, but the performance of Bhaker began to falter slightly as she missed two of her five shots while Major succeeded with four to seal the bronze medal, leaving Bhaker to pack up.
Lakshya Sen Creates Olympic History as First Indian Male Shuttler to Reach Semifinals
Sen did so by going through a fighting Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in an hour and 16 minutes of intense battle during their quarterfinals.
Marchand Makes History with Back-to-Back Golds in Under Two Hours at Paris Olympics
The victories by Marchand were one of the most spectacular events in swimming, where one swimmer captured two gold medals in an Olympic evening competition for the first time since 1976. Within a span of two hours, he captured not only two Olympic golds but also brought down two reigning champions while setting two new Olympic records.
Manu Bhaker clinches historic second Olympic medal, wins 10m air pistol mixed team bronze with Sarabjot Singh
The Indian duo triumphed over Korea's Lee Wonoho and Oh Yeh Jin with a score of 16-10, marking India’s second medal at Chateauroux’s shooting range.
Paris Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker creates history, wins bronze in women's 10m Air Pistol event
This bronze medal has brought an end to India's 12-year wait in shooting, the last time it happened being through Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar at the 2012 London Olympics.
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