Taking to X, PM Modi stated, ” Effectively carried out, Manu Bhaker, for successful India’s FIRST medal at Paris Olympics 2024! Congrats for the Bronze.This success is much more particular as she turns into the first lady to win a medal in taking pictures for India,” he stated.
“An unimaginable achievement!” He added.
Union house minister Amit Shah additionally praised the Olympian for her achievement and stated, ” Kudos to Manu Bhaker on successful the primary medal within the Paris Olympics 2024, by bringing house the bronze. You have got despatched a wave of euphoria throughout the nation together with your stellar efficiency,” he stated.
“The nation swells in pleasure at your achievement. Cheer4Bharat,” he added.
Manu Bhaker turned the primary lady shooter from India ever to win an Olympics medal, after claiming a bronze medal within the girls’s 10m air pistol occasion on the Paris Olympics.
Of the 4 medals Indian shooters have gained on the Olympics earlier than Paris 2024, none had been gained by an Indian lady shooter. The final medals for India from the taking pictures ranges of an Olympics, got here at London 2012, the place rifle shooter Gagan Narang (bronze in males’s 10m air rifle) and pistol shooter Vijay Kumar (silver in males’s 25m fast hearth pistol) gained medals.
