Manu Bhaker clinches Mixed 10m Air Pistol bronze with Sarabjot Singh: First Indian to win two Olympic medals at the same edition

Divy Dubey

Manu Bhaker clinches Mixed 10m Air Pistol bronze with Sarabjot Singh: First Indian to win two Olympic medals at the same edition image

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh have won India its second medal at Paris 2024, having clinched the bronze medal in the Mixed 10m Air Pistol event. 

The win in the shooting event takes India's tally at the ongoing Olympics to two bronze medals. 

Incidentally, the first medal was also won by Manu Bhaker, in the women's 10m Air Pistol event. And the 22-year-old has now become the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the same Olympics.

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Interestingly, this was also the first time an Indian duo won an Olympic medal. India has won medals in team sports like Hockey and individual events. But this is the first time, a two-person team has won a medal for India.

Athletes who have won multiple Olympic medals for India

AthletesEventsMedals
Sushil KumarWrestling1 Silver (2012) and 1 Bronze (2008)
PV SindhuBadminton1 Silver (2016) and 1 Bronze (2020)
Manu BhakerShooting2 Bronzes (2024)

Note: British-Indian athlete Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in the 1900 Olympics where he represented India (occupied by British back then).

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Divy Dubey is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.