
National Shooting Championship 2022: Tokyo Olympian Manu Bhaker brings gold in 10m pistol junior event
Manu Bhaker beat Esha Singh of Telangana 17-13 in the final after topping the qualification with a score of 583.
Manu Bhaker is an Indian Olympian who competes at airgun shooting. She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup. She won the gold medal in the women’s 10 m air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games just at the age of 16 in her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance.
Olympians Manu Bhaker and many others did not make it to the Indian squad for the ISSF World Cup. They failed to meet the choice barometer. The choice trials were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the qualification rating components…