The 22-year-old had earlier bagged two bronze medals, in girls’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol blended staff occasion partnering Sarabjot Singh.
“I bought like actually nervous about it, however once more, I used to be attempting my finest to maintain calm and to only attempt to do my finest. However that was not sufficient,” Manu stated after the occasion, as per PTI.
Manu was disheartened after ending with an eight-shooter last rating of 28, however she was defeated by eventual bronze medallist Veronika Main of Hungary.
“It (Olympics) turned out to be superb for me, however nicely, there’s all the time a subsequent time so I am already wanting ahead to the following one,” she stated.
“I am glad that I bought two medals, however proper now, I am not very… nicely, fourth place shouldn’t be an excellent place,” stated Manu with tears in her eyes.
Manu claimed that she had fully turned off and wasn’t side-tracked by the calls for of everybody round her.
“Actually, I have been off the social media and I’ve not been checking my cellphone, so I do not know what is going on on. However I simply know that I used to be attempting my finest and I used to be attempting to ship a very good efficiency,” she stated.
“In many of the occasions I used to be in a position to (give a very good efficiency), and on this one, I used to be not in a position to do nearly as good. The second my match was over, I used to be like, ‘okay, the following time’,” stated Manu, already setting her sights on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“There was numerous laborious work happening backstage. Like I am right here — what you see — however like so many individuals have been working laborious in order that I could make it to the rostrum and in order that India can win a medal,” she stated.
“I’m so comfortable that my total staff was there for me to help me all through my journey,” Manu added.
