Manu Bhaker won the bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event at Paris 2024 on Sunday( 28 July 2024) and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal.

Overall, this was India’s fifth Olympic medal in shooting and the first in any sport at Paris 2024.

India won shooting medals at three consecutive Olympics from Athens 2004 to London 2012 but drew blank at the next two editions.

The 22-year-old Manu Bhaker scored 221.7 to finish third in the eight-woman final.

Oh Ye Jin of the Republic of Korea clinched the gold medal with the new Olympic record of 243.2 and was followed by her compatriot Yeji Kim, who pipped Bhaker to enter the gold medal round and won the silver with the final score of 241.3.