'Read a lot of Gita': 22-year-old Manu Bhaker after scripting history in Paris
Manu Bhaker on Sunday scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to win a medal in the Olympics, clinching a bronze in the 10m Air Pistol event in Paris Games 2024.
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This achievement marks a significant milestone for Indian shooting, as the country's shooters had not won any medals in the last two Olympics, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
In a post victory conversation with JioCinema, when asked about her mindset during the final moments of the competition, Bhaker revealed that she drew inspiration from the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
«I read a lot of Gita and all, so what was going through my mind is its teaching, 'just do what you are meant to do, just do what you are supposed to do and whatever the destiny, you can't control the outcome of it'. In the Gita, Krishna says to Arjun 'You know you focus on your karma and not on the outcome of the Karma', so only that was running through my mind. I was like, 'Okay, just do your thing and let it all be from here,” the bronze medallist told JioCinema.
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With a score of 221.7 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Bhaker's bronze medal is India's first shooting medal in 12 years, following the successes of Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar at the London Olympics.
The 22-year-old
