‘Shooting? Kaun Se Film Ki?’: When Manu Bhaker’s Co-passengers in Train Mistook Sport for Movie-making – News18
Manu Bhaker competing in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at Paris Olympics 2024
Manu Bhaker recalled an old incident, of one of her train journeys, when people around her mistook shooting for filming movies.
Haryana’s Manu Bhaker became a sensation nationwide after winning twin bronze medals at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The 22-year-old opened India’s medal tally at the Games with a third-place finish at the 10m Air Pistol event on Sunday, becoming the first woman shooter to win an Olympic medal. She also ended the 12-year-old draught of an Olympic medal in shooting for India.
But she didn’t just stop there. The next day she qualified for the bronze medal match in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event, with Sarabjot Singh and went on to clinch another bronze on Tuesday. She thus became the first-ever athlete in independent India to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games.
Social media has been buzzing with appreciation posts and congratulatory messages for Bhaker. Meanwhile, Star Sport shared a 4-year-old video of her in which she explained how she made her way to shooting.
“I’ve always been good at athletics. 100m, 200m, 400m relay, and even Kho-Kho… I loved the sport. I was very fond of Kabaddi. So many clothes of mine tore while playing Kabaddi. But my favourite sport has been martial arts and skating; both normal or ice skating,” Bhaker told Star Sports back in 2020.
“So, after trying hands at different sports I got into shooting. I just thought ‘I’ll try this as well’. So I started this because it’s such a clean sport.
“You have to be very patient and calm in sport. This was a bit challenging but I love it now,” she added.
Bhaker further revealed that people around her during a train journey mistook shooting for filming movies.
“Once I was travelling on a train and people around me asked me what I do. I said, ‘Main shooting karti hoon’. And then asked, ‘Kaun se film ki shooting kar rahe ho?’. Then I explained that shooting is a sport where we use guns to shoot a target. They said, ‘Okay, don’t shoot us please’,” she said.
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