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Paris Olympics 2024  Nation


                                                                    28 Khelo India players in the


              Our shooters have been making us proud.               Olympic contingent
                Congratulations to Manu Bhaker and                  Out of the 117 players participating in the Paris
            Sarabjot Singh on winning the bronze medal              Olympics 2024, 28 players are Khelo India
                                                                    athletes. Out of this, 12 Khelo India athletes from
               in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at
                                                                    Haryana qualified for the Paris Olympics. Earlier,
             the Olympics. Both displayed great skill and           in the Asian Games held in Hangzhou, the
             team spirit. India is extremely happy. This is         Indian contingent comprised 124 Khelo India
             the second consecutive Olympic medal for               athletes who won 42 out of 106 medals.
            Manu. She has become the first woman to win             India starts bid proposal
             a medal in shooting for India. An incredible           for the 2036 Olympics
             achievement! Which reflects her continued
                      excellence and dedication.                    India's National Olympic Committee, the Indian
                                                                    Olympic Association, has begun the process of
                                                                    negotiations with the Future Host Commission
                  - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
                                                                    to host the 2036 Olympics. The hosting
                                                                    rights for the Olympics are allocated by the
               Indian female shooter Manu  Bhaker  won the          International Olympic Committee-IOC through
            bronze medal  in  the  women's 10m air  pistol  on      a detailed host selection process. The IOC has
            28 July at the Paris Olympics 2024. This is India's     a dedicated body, the Future Host Commission
            first  medal  at  the  Paris  Olympics  2024  and  the   (FHC), to deal with the matter.
            first Olympic medal in shooting for India since the     Five years of Fit India
            London  2012  Olympic  Games.  With  this,  Manu
            Bhaker became the first Indian female shooter to        Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Fit
            win a medal at the Olympics. Not only this, she has     India Movement in 2019 under Khelo India. The
            also become the first female shooter to reach the       movement has gained immense popularity
                                                                    across India since various initiatives and
            Olympic final in individual competition in the last     programs were launched to promote physical
            20 years. After this, on 30 July, Manu Bhaker and       activity and healthy habits. In this program,
            Sarabjot  Singh won over  the  Republic  of Korea       various programs focused on fitness, sports,
            in the final round of the 10m air pistol event and      and overall health are organized among
            won the bronze medal in the mixed team  event           people of all age groups. Under this, the Fit
            with a brilliant performance. On August 1, shooter      India mobile app has been launched which
            Swapnil Kusale won the bronze  medal in men's           has the facility of location tracking, tracks
            50m rifle 3 position shooting. Swapnil Kusale, who      cycling and running. It is available in 12
                                                                    languages including Hindi and English.
            hails from Kolhapur district  of Maharashtra, has
            become the second individual Olympic  medalist
            from Maharashtra, before this wrestler Khashaba
            Dadasaheb Jadhav had won the bronze medal in         Manu Bhaker has also won a medal
            the 1952 Olympics. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde      at the national level in Thang Ta
            has announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for Swapnil.    Manu Bhaker is an Indian Olympian who participates
            This is the third medal for India in this Olympics till   in shooting. Born in Jhajjar, Haryana, a state famous
            August  2.  These  three  bronze  medals  have  been   for boxers and wrestlers, Manu Bhaker participated
            won in  different  shooting  competitions.  Prime    in sports like tennis, skating, and boxing in school.
            Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all the three   She also participated in 'Thang-Ta' martial arts and
            Olympic medalists over the phone for raising the     won medals at the national level. Then she decided to
            country's pride.Sarabjot  Singh  has been a Khelo    try her hand at shooting after the 2016 Rio Olympics
            India and Target Olympic Podium player since 2019.   ended when she was just 14 years old. She has won
            Manu Bhaker  is  a  former  Khelo India  competitor   many medals apart from winning a gold medal in the
            and Target Olympic Podium player.                    25m pistol team at the Asian Games 2022. n

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