Indian star shooter Manu Bhaker was not seen happy after she lost in the shoot-off in 25m pistol event in the Paris Olympics 2024. She already clinched two bronze medal in the marquee event. Manu becomes India's only athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics.
Her two bronze medals came in the 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event partnering with Sarabjot Singh.
It (Olympics) turned out to be very good for me, but well, there's always a next time so I'm already looking forward to the next one," she said.
"I'm glad that I got two medals, but right now, I'm not very... well, fourth place is not a very good place," said Manu with tears in her eyes.
Manu said she wasn't distracted by all the expectations around her and had completely switched off.
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“Honestly, I've been off the social media and I have not been checking my phone, so I don't know what's going on. But I just know that I was trying my best and I was trying to deliver a good performance," she said.
"In most of the events I was able to (give a good performance), and in this one, I was not able to do as good. The moment my match was over, I was like, 'okay, the next time'," said Manu, already setting her sights on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
"There has been a lot of hard work going on backstage. Like I'm here -- what you see -- but like so many people have been working hard so that I can make it to the podium and so that India can win a medal,” she said.
“I am so happy that my entire team was there for me to support me throughout my journey,” Manu added.
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