Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker meets Nitin Gadkari
Aug 08, 2024
New Delhi [India], August 8 : Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker met Union Minister of Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the national capital on Thursday.
Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics in the individual 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol (mixed team) events.
Sharing a picture on X with Manu Bhaker, Nitin Gadkari said that her "outstanding accomplishments" have filled the nation with pride.
"Delighted to meet @realmanubhaker, nation's extraordinary shooter, who etched her name in history with Bronze medals at the #ParisOlympics. Her outstanding accomplishments have filled India with pride. Here's to her continued success and many more remarkable achievements in the future," Gadkari wrote on X.
Earlier in the day, the 22-year-old shooter from Haryana also met former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son and Congress MP Deepender Hooda.
Congratulating Manu Bhaker for her extraordinary performance in the Olympics, MP Deepender Hooda, said, "We congratulate our sister Manu Bhaker who has increased the pride of the country."
"The first player of independent India who has won two medals in the same Olympics, this is no less a matter of pride for us." Congress MP further added.
Manu Bhaker met Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday.
Bhaker opened India's medal tally in the ongoing Olympics after she secured third place in the women's individual 10m Air pistol event, becoming the first-ever woman shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol (mixed team) event, which was India's first-ever shooting team medal.
She had a shot at returning with three medals from Paris. But in her final event, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol shooting event.
