The Indian duo of Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh secured the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Olympics 2024. They defeated the South Korean duo of Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho in the bronze medal match as India won the second medal at the Games. This is the second medal for Manu at the Paris Olympics as she became the first Indian after independence to win two medals at a single Games.
The Bhaker-Sarabjot duo defeated the South Korena duo 16-10 winning a total of eight rounds of shots during the clash. It was a thrilling encounter between two of the best teams at the event but India maintained the lead right from the start despite falling behind 0-2 after the first round. Bhaker was at her best with her top effort coming in the second round shooting 10.7.
Her lowest score was 8.3 in the 8th round but she was consistent in most of the shots targeting 10.5 or more six times in 13 shots. As for Sarabjot, he didn't start well but managed to stay above consistently providing immense support to his partner Manu as the Indian duo created history beating South Korea.
Meanwhile, the Serbian duo of Arunovic Zorana and Mikec Damir won the gold medal match against Turkey's Tarhan Sevval Ilyada and Dikec Yusuf by a 14-16 margin. It was a nail-biting encounter as the Serbian duo secured the gold medal while Turkey had to settle for silver. Meanwhile, India is now at the 27th position in the medal tally after winning the second bronze medal while Japan is on top with six gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
10m air pistol mixed team event results
Gold medal - Serbia: Arunovic Zorana-Mikec Damir
Silver medal - Turkey: Tarhan Sevval Ilyada-Dikec Yusuf
Bronze medal - India: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh
