Paris Olympics 2024 - Manu Bhaker on course for hat-trick
Shooter manu Bhaker is expected to win an unprecedented third consecutive medal on saturday at the paris Olympics 2024. Magnificent manu put herself on the verge of further Olympic success in paris on a day when Harmanpreet Singh's india hockey team gave australia a valuable lesson about comebacks. After finishing second in the qualifier, the 22-year-old dominated the 25-meter sports pistol competition.
At the paris Games in 2024, the young athlete from Jhajjar had two bronze medals to her name and India's total. In the 10m air pistol competition, manu started India's journey with a bronze. Together with Sarabjot Singh, she added another bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, increasing India's medal total. On Day 8 of the paris Games, the current world champion in the 25-meter event is predicted to win her third medal.
Today, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon will start India's women's skeet qualification campaign. In the women's individual 1/8 eliminations, archer deepika Kumari will face Michelle Kroppen. Bhajan Kaur will next face Diananda Choirunisa. At the Summer Games, Nishant Dev will compete in the men's welterweight quarterfinals as well. The boxer from india will compete against Marco Verde.
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Top shuttler Lakshya Sen has guaranteed his spot in the men's single badminton tournament semifinals at the paris Games. The first indian male badminton player to reach the last four of the Summer Games is Lakshya. Icons in women's singles saina nehwal and pv sindhu have accomplished the same thing in past Olympic games. In the badminton semifinals, Lakshya will face the victor of the heavyweight match between Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen and world champion Loh Kean Yew from 2021.