Manu Bhaker claims India's first ever gold in shooting at Youth Olympics
Other Sports | October 09, 2018 20:49 ISTManu Bhaker produced a spectacular performance to claim India's first ever gold medal in shooting at the Youth Olympic Games.
Manu Bhaker produced a spectacular performance to claim India's first ever gold medal in shooting at the Youth Olympic Games.
16-year-old Manu Bhaker clinched the gold medal in 10m air pistol at the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018.
Manu Bhaker, with a total of 240.9 points, won the gold medal while Heena Sidhu settled for silver with 234.0 points. Australian shooter Elena Galiabovitch won the bronze medal with 214.9 points.
While Manu shot her way to a gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in the finals of National Shooting Championships, Srihari broke his own 100-meter backstroke national record while winning six gold and a silver medal at the Khelo India School Games.
The Indian duo dominated the event from the very start and enter the final with the highest qualification score and a new junior qualification world record.
Partnering Om Prakash Mitharval, the Indian teenager clinched the 10m air pistol mixed team title, a day after she won the women's 10m air pistol individual gold.
Manu Bhaker clinched her second gold medal when she partnered Om Prakash Mitharval for the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event.
The young Indian shooter finished with a final score of 237.5 compared to home-favourite Alejandra Zavala's 237.1 to win the gold in women’s 10m Air Pistol final on Sunday.
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