Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : Manu Bhaker storms into women’s 25m pistol final;
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : Manu Bhaker finished second in women’s 25 pistol qualification shooting a total of 590 (294 in precision, 296 in rapid) out of a possible 600 and thus reached her third final of the Paris Olympics.
Archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara beat Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangetsu to reach the mixed team quarterfinal where they face Spain later in the day.Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Manu Bhaker is through to her third finals of the Paris Olympics as she finished second women’s 25m pistol qualification.
Manu shot 294 in the precision stage of the qualifiers and followed that up with an emphatic 296 in the rapid stage. She thus finished with a total score of 590 out of a possible 600.
It was not to be for fellow Indian Esha Singh though, as she shot 291 in precision and 290 in rapid.
Esha finished with a total score of 581 and was 18th in qualification. The top eight are chosen for the final…
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 What next for Manu Bhaker?
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Manu will be in action at the women’s 25m pistol final tomorrow. That event is scheduled for 1pm IST tomorrow.
Today, she can soak in the deserved applause and stay calm. She has already done things no Indian shooter had done before her. If she medals tomorrow, she will be in a league of her own.
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: There it is. Just stellar shooting from Manu in the rapid stage and she finishes second in qualification, sails through to the final.
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : India play their final group game today and it is against the almighty Australia. They may not be the top ranked team in the world but they have always had some weird bogey effect on India in big tournaments.
At the Tokyo Olympics, India had lost just one match and that was a 7-0 thrashing at the hands of Australia in their opening game of those Games.
A lot of grim reviews followed about another potentially disappointing campaign coming up for India but they ended up winning their first Olympic medal in 41 years.
This time, there is no pressure of qualification in this game with both teams already through to the quarterfinals. But surely the Indian team would gain a world of confidence if they can get a good result today.
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : Manu will be in action at the women’s 25m pistol final tomorrow. That event is scheduled for 1pm IST tomorrow.
Today, she can soak in the deserved applause and stay calm. She has already done things no Indian shooter had done before her. If she medals tomorrow, she will be in a league of her own.
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : We just got done with the precision stage of the women’s 25m pistol qualification. The rapid stage now begins at 3.30pm IST
. Esha Singh is in the first relay and so she will begin at the scheduled start time. Manu Bhaker is in the second relay and so her rapid qualification starts at 4.45pm IST.
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 : Manu gets 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9 in series 3 of precision, bags 99! She finishes in third position in qualification precision! Meanwhile, Esha comes 10th!
Manu Bhaker finishes overall 2nd in the qualification to make the 25m pistol final with a total score of 590-24x. At this point, it seems impossible to stop the Manu-ficent surge of Bhaker! She will be playing the final at 1pm tomorrow.
Hungary’s Veronika Major equals the Olympic Qualification Record of 592.
Haniyeh Rostamiyan of Iran rounds up the top three.MANU WELL ON HER WAY TO MAKE THE FINAL!
Manu gets an 8. These are the only points she drops in the ongoing series.