<h5>About Manu Bhaker.</h5><p>Manu Bhaker is India’s sensational shooting star, who has made the nation proud at various shooting competitions held worldwide.</p><p>Belonging to Haryana, the talented youngster tried her hand at shooting when she was just 14 and enjoyed it. So, she decided to hone her craft and practised really hard to be good at it.</p><p>She has participated in various national and international shooting competitions, winning numerous prizes.</p><p>She even won a gold medal at the International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup on her debut, making her the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at an ISSF World Cup.</p><p>Shooting her way through various trophies, she even qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021. However, her Olympic debut didn’t go as planned, and she faced a gun malfunction. Sadly, she couldn’t win a medal in any of the shooting events she participated.</p><p>Did she give up after that?! No, she didn’t and practised hard to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p><figure class="image"><img alt="Manu 3.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Manu_3_ad8bf3a1f1.jpg"><figcaption>Manu Bhaker during her 10-metre air pistol event. Photo by&nbsp;<br>Team India.</figcaption></figure><h5>Manu Bhaker creates history!</h5><figure class="image"><img alt="Manu 2.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Manu_2_2c3167cebd.jpg"><figcaption>Manu Bhaker after winning the Bronze medal. Photo by ESPN India.</figcaption></figure><p>The 22-year-old talented shooter has recently won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre air pistol event.</p><p>In doing so, she etched her name in history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal. This is also India’s first medal in this year’s event.</p><p>Also, her chances to win another medal are still ongoing. She is also competing in other shooting events, and at the time of this writing, she has qualified for the bronze medal match in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event.</p><p>The youngster has come a long way from the disappointment faced during the Tokyo Olympics and has made the nation proud.</p><p>Many have applauded her victory, even Google, which used a special animation. You can Google her name to check it out yourself.</p><h5>Current medal table.</h5><p>The Paris Olympics is in full swing. The athletes are trying hard to win medals in various events and make their nation proud.</p><p>While writing this, China was leading the medal table with eight medals (four gold, two silver, and two bronze). Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, the USA, and France closely followed them.</p><p>Although the USA has 12 medals (3 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze), the rankings are based on the number of gold medals a nation has won. Currently, India is ranked 22 with one bronze.</p>

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