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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi congratulated Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning bronze medals in the 10 m air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Olympics 2024. She wished that the Indian contingent would break the record of the Tokyo Olympics.
Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "Our athletes are creating new records at the Paris Olympics. We are proud of them. I hope that in the coming time, we will win more medals and also break the record of the Tokyo Olympics, I wish them all the best. We, 1.4 billion people, wish them the best of luck." Earlier, Bhaker had won bronze in the women's individual 10M air pistol event. Manu-Sarabjot beat South Korea's Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin 16-10 in the bronze medal play-off match. With this medal, India's medal tally increases to two at the Paris Olympics. Both Bhaker and Sarabjot shot consistently with regular 10s in the series against the Koreans. Manu is the first athlete from the Indian contingent after independence to get two medals in a single edition of the Paris Olympics. Earlier in the 1900 Olympics, Norman Pritchard won two medals while representing India, both silver in the 200 m and 200 m hurdles. Manu-Sarabjot's shooting mixed team medal is India's first-ever shooting team medal in Olympic history. Also, Bhaker joins an elite group of athletes to have multiple individual medals at the Olympics: PV Sindhu (badminton silver at Rio 2016 and bronze medal at Tokyo 2020) and Sushil Kumar (wrestling bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics). (ANI)
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