Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu fail to qualify for 10m air pistol final
Other Sports | February 26, 2019 16:10 ISTManu Bhaker finished 14th with 573 in the qualifications while Heena Sidhu was placed 25th with 571.
Manu Bhaker finished 14th with 573 in the qualifications while Heena Sidhu was placed 25th with 571.
The 17-year-old Bhaker, owner of multiple ISSF World Cup, Commonwealth and Youth Olympic gold medals, has her eyes trained at a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The initiative by SAI is part of the ongoing efforts of the government to help young athletes balance their sporting career and academics.
Manu Bhaker had earlier tweeted asking Haryana sports minister Anil Vij if she will receive the Rs 2 crore promised to her for winning a gold medal at 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Former world number one Heena Sidhu, who equalled the women's 10m air pistol qualification world record on Wednesday, finished fourth in the finals.
Youth Olympic Games champions Manu and Saurabh finished with a score of 485.4 in the final, well ahead of the Chinese who managed 477.9.
PM Modi interacted with India's medal winners at the Youth Olympic Games, from where the country returned with 13 medals in its best-ever show at the marquee event.
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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