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Manu Bhaker wins silver at Asian Shooting Championships
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: India's ace shooter Manu Bhaker settled for Silver in the women's 25m pistol event at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championships on Monday after going down to Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Trang in a tense shoot-off.
In the eight-woman final, Manu, a double medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, started cautiously but produced a strong late comeback to draw level with Trang at 35-35 after the regulation 50 shots, fired across 10 series of five each, as per Olympics.com.
The Indian shooter had earlier trailed the Vietnamese by three points after the fourth series.
The contest went into a tie-breaker after both shooters were locked at 2-2 in the first round. However, Trang edged ahead in the second round with a 3-2 scoreline to clinch the Gold, leaving Manu with Silver.
Notably, this was Manu Bhaker's first-ever individual continental medal in the 25m pistol. Her previous three Asian medals, including two golds, had all come in the 10m air pistol discipline.
The Silver came as a morale booster for Manu after a mixed campaign earlier in the championships. She finished seventh in the individual 10m air pistol event but played a key role in India's gold medal-winning team effort. In the 10m air pistol mixed team event, however, she failed to qualify for the final.
Meanwhile, fellow Olympian Esha Singh, who had already been crowned Asian champion in the women's 10m air pistol earlier in the competition, secured the Bronze medal in the 25m pistol event on Sunday with a score of 30. Another Indian shooter, Rhythm Sangwan, narrowly missed out on the podium, finishing fourth with 27.
