Manu Bhaker

ISSF World Cup: India's Manu Bhaker shoots gold with world record score

The 17-year-old achieved the feat by posting a score of 244.7 in the final of the women's 10m air pistol event of the tournament. 

Nov 21, 2019, 10:29 AM IST

It helps that Saurabh Chaudhary and I hardly connect: Manu Bhaker

According to Manu, the fact that the pair hardly interact actually helps them in their endeavours.
 

Sep 06, 2019, 18:01 PM IST

India finish with 5 gold medals at ISSF World Cup

Ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary defeated their Indian opponents Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma to claim the gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event. 

Sep 03, 2019, 13:39 PM IST

Maintaining scores is tougher than securing Olympic quota: Manu Bhaker

The 17-year-old recently secured India its seventh 2020 Olympic quota in shooting with a fourth-place finish in the women's 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup in Munich.

Jun 07, 2019, 17:55 PM IST

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary strike gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event

The Indian duo defeated the Ukraine pair of  Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk in the summit showdown of 10m air pistol mixed team event to take the top honours.

May 30, 2019, 20:13 PM IST

India top medal tally at Beijing Shooting World Cup

India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total. 

Apr 28, 2019, 16:59 PM IST

ISSF World Cup 2019: Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker clinch Gold in 10m Air pistol mixed team event

The duo emerged victorious against Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei of China by a scoreline of 16-6, marking India's second gold at the prestigious event. 

Apr 25, 2019, 17:32 PM IST

Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary triumph as India continue domination in Asian Airgun Championships

Manu won the women's 10m Air Pistol on day three of the competition while Saurabh bagged a team gold in the men's event.

Mar 29, 2019, 17:42 PM IST

Rishabh Pant, Bajrang Punia, Manu Bhaker, Rani Rampal win DSJA awards

The awards were presented by Indian Olympic Association and world hockey body (FIH) president Narinder Batra. 

Mar 28, 2019, 18:24 PM IST

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary win gold in 10 m Air pistol mixed team event at ISSF World Cup 2019

The Indian pair shot a total of 483.5 points to finish on top of the podium and end the tournament with a flourish after a few results that did not go their way over the last three days.

Feb 27, 2019, 16:42 PM IST

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu fail to make 10m Air Pistol final

Manu posted a score of 573 to make a 14th-place finish, while Heena finished at the lowly 25th spot after posting 571 points in the tournament. 

Feb 26, 2019, 15:46 PM IST

Indian Olympic Association chief backs Manu Bhakar; slams Haryana sports minister

Batra has slammed the manner in which the government had failed to fulfil it's commitments on a regular basis. He further backed Bhaker's decision to take to social media in order to tackle the situation.

Jan 05, 2019, 19:48 PM IST

Haryana sports minister hits back at Manu Bhakar for reminding him of promised Rs 2 crore reward

Vij's comments came after Bhaker took to her Twitter handle on Friday and reminded the Haryana sports minister of promised cash prize of Rs 2 crore, which he made after her Youth Olympic gold medal.

Jan 05, 2019, 12:54 PM IST

Manu Bhaker reminds Haryana sports minister of promised Rs 2 crore award

However, the government again revised its policy last December and brought the amount down to Rs 1 crore for gold, Rs 65 lakh for silver and Rs 40 lakh for the bronze medallists.

Jan 04, 2019, 18:56 PM IST

16-year-old Manu Bhaker bags India’s first-ever gold in shooting at Youth Olympics

Manu Bhaker on Tuesday clinched India's first-ever Youth Olympics gold medal in shooting on Tuesday. 

Oct 10, 2018, 08:37 AM IST

Manu Bhaker, Om Prakash Mitharwal finish 4th in 10m mixed team air pistol event at ISSF World Cup

This was India's fourth fourth-place finish in the World Cup stage 2. The pair had earlier shot a qualification world record in the event, shooting a combined 778 to claim the record by a point from the German couple Christian and Sandra Reitz, who won silver after qualifying in fifth place.

Apr 26, 2018, 14:09 PM IST

CWG 2018 gold medallist Manu Bhaker trashes reports of being 'insulted'

“Why do journalists go to any extent to create a sensational news? This, I believe, they do when they can’t get a story. Such type of wrong propaganda should be stopped,” said the miffed shooter.

Apr 18, 2018, 10:49 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Haryana government to reward gold medal winners from the state with Rs 1.5 crore each

Haryana athletes won 22 medals, including 9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze. Every silver medallist will get Rs 75 lakh while the bronze medal winners will be given a cash award of Rs 50 lakh.

Apr 15, 2018, 15:11 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: India's schedule on Day 5 in Gold Coast

India had a great fourth day at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday. India won three gold, one silver and two bronze to take their overall medal tally to 12.

Apr 08, 2018, 19:06 PM IST

CWG 2018: 16-year-old Manu Bhaker 'very, very happy' after winning gold for India in 10m air pistol

Immediately after letting her pistol do all the talking one more time, Manu Bhaker spoke little but enough to express her pleasure at winning the 10m air pistol gold at the Commonwealth Games with such consummate ease. The seasoned Heena Sidhu staged a remarkable comeback to bag silver at the Belmont Shooting Centre.

Apr 08, 2018, 12:34 PM IST