Manu Bhaker Sarabjot Singh Bronze Medal Match: Wow!!! Manu Bhaker, wow!!! Sarabjot Singh… The pair created history in the Paris Olympics. India’s Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won the bronze medal by defeating the Korean pair of Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team event. Manu Bhaker became the first player to win two medals in the same Olympics.
In fact, Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics after independence, who along with Sarabjot Singh created history by defeating Korea in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team category in the Paris Olympics. The Indian pair defeated Korea 16-10 to give the country its second medal in this Olympics. Earlier, Manu had won bronze in the women’s 10 meter air pistol event.
British-born Indian player Norman Pritchard had won silver medals in 200 meter sprint and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Olympics, but that achievement was before independence.
