Shooter Bhaker bags double gold

Bhopal, June 24: Pistol ace Manu Bhaker shot a double gold, claiming both the women’s and junior women’s 10m air pistol titles at the 20th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting event here on Friday.
The 20-year-old from Haryana shot 263.9 to outclass her opponents in the eight-women semi-final event.
Compatriot Arshdeep Kaur had a neck-and-neck fight with Manu and even followed her to the gold medal contest. However, Manu, a former world number one, outshot Kaur 16-14 in a closely fought final contest.
Kaur finished second with a score of 260.5 to bag the silver medal, while Haryana’s Radhika Tanwar won the bronze.
In the junior women’s event, Manu was once again in a league of her own as she claimed the top position with a score of 249. (PTI)25