NEW DELHI: Indian para shooter Avani Lekhara won the gold medal at the ongoing Paris Paralympics, and double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker congratulated her for her achievement on Friday.In the women’s 10m air rifle final at the Paris Paralympics on Friday, reigning Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara continued her winning streak and took home the gold.Manu…
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker, the most well-known 22-year-old in the country right now, walked into TOI’s office on Friday with the kind of poise, self-assurance and calm that made her master of the big moments at the Chateauroux shooting range, 300km south of Paris. India’s only woman shooter to win an Olympic medal, and the…
NEW DELHI: After winning a silver medal at the Olympics in Paris, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra intended to compete in India sooner rather than later against other well-known worldwide names.With a javelin throw of 89.45 meters, Chopra finished second in the Paris showcase behind Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, who set an Olympic record with…
NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shooter Manu Bhaker acknowledged that she felt a little ‘nervous’ during the 25-meter pistol final on Saturday. Bhaker finished fourth and missed out on a historic third individual medal at the Olympics in Chateauroux.The 22-year-old had earlier bagged two bronze medals, in women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed…
NEW DELHI: 22-year-old ace Indian shooter Manu Bhaker finished fourth in 25m pistol final at the Chatearoux Shooting Centre on Saturday and narrowly missed becoming the first Indian to win three medals in one Olympics.Manu capped a magnificent campaign in the ongoing Olympic Games with an unprecedented two medals.Shooting like a world beater, Manu seems…
Sarabjot Singh, a farmer’s son, was introduced to the sport at a summer camp in his teens. He liked the pistol, enjoyed hitting the target & was hooked. Now, he has an Olympic bronze to his name…CHATEAUROUX: Sarabjot Singh looked a little lost after assuring himself of a medal in Manu Bhaker‘s company. This was…
Shooting star 1st Indian post-1947 to win 2 medals at 1 Olympic CHATEAUROUX: “No time to celebrate. My work is unfinished. There’s a lot to play for,” Manu Bhaker had said after winning her first Olympic medal on Sunday. There indeed was a lot more at stake. There was a date with history too. The…
NEW DELHI: With her confidence sky high after breaking shooting’s Olympic medal drought following a long three-year wait, Manu Bhaker didn’t let her fans down as she, along with Sarabjot Singh, won the bronze-medal match in the 10m air pistol team event at the shooting range at Chateauroux on Tuesday.Manu and Sarabjot took on Korea…
