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"I Am Busy, Call Later": How Sarabjot Singh's Mother Reacted To His Olympics Bronze

While the whole of India was waiting to hear Sarabjot Singh after he and Manu Bhaker scripted history in the Paris Olympic Games, the 22-year-old shooter was asked by his mother to call later as she was busy. Sarabjot and Manu on Tuesday bagged India's second medal in Paris, becoming the first shooters from India to win an Olympic medal in a team event. Following the victory, Sarabjot spoke to IANS and revealed the conversation he had with his mother following his triumph.

Manu Bhaker Reveals She "Made Fake Profile To Defend PV Sindhu", Star Shuttler Responds

Shooter Manu Bhaker continues her sensational run in the ongoing Paris Olympics. The star markswoman first clinched a historic bronze in the women's 10m air pistol on July 28. She became the first woman shooter from India to win an Olympic medal. Two days later, Manu bagged the same honour in the mixed team 10m air pistol event, becoming the first-ever athlete from independent India to have won two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. Manu has now become an inspiration for the budding athletes with her achievements and her recent revelation in an interview further lifts her stature.

"Journey Has Been Full Of Ups And Downs": Manu Bhaker To NDTV After Second Olympics Medal

Manu Bhaker admitted that her journey to two Olympic medals has been a rollercoaster. In Tokyo 2020, Bhaker's pistol suffered a technical glitch as she failed to make the final event. Three years later, Bhaker has achieved redemption, not once but twice, and now stands as the first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics, since the nation's independence. Bhaker spoke to NDTV in a candid chat after her medal-winning heroics in the Paris Olympics 2024.

Olympics 2024: Simone Biles Leads USA To Gymnastics Women's Team Gold

Simone Biles led the United States to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday, laying the ghosts of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal. Three years after Biles battled a disorientating mental block in Tokyo, pulling out of the team final in which the United States settled for silver, she and teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee led wire-to-wire in reclaiming gold ahead of Italy, with Brazil taking bronze.

After Rain, Fans Suffer From Scorching Heat In Paris Olympics 2024

After heavy rain drenched last week's opening ceremony, the Paris Olympics on Tuesday wrestled with entirely different conditions as temperatures soared to 35 degrees Celsius. Just to add to the mix, France's meteorological service put the capital on a major storm alert, warning thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail and lightning were likely in the evening. The forecasted return of some wet weather may come as relief to athletes, spectators and officials who baked in unforgiving weather throughout the day.

North Korea Win First Olympic Medal In Eight Years With Table Tennis Silver

North Korea said they could learn from China after winning their first Olympic medal in eight years on Tuesday in Paris, settling for silver after a mixed-doubles defeat to the table tennis superpower. China arrived in Paris as the world's undisputed table tennis kings, having won 32 of the 37 available golds since it became an Olympic sport.

Olympics latest: Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle reach double sculls final

Rowers Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle were fastest across both semi-finals in the Men’s Double Sculls this morning.

Changing Fortunes Of Shooter Sarabjot Singh: From Feeling Hopeless To Olympic Medal Three Days Later

Pistol shooter Sarabjot Singh has experienced the extreme highs and lows of elite sport in his maiden Olympics. Inconsolable after a narrow miss in the individual 10m air pistol event, Sarabjot raised his game to match his more accomplished team-mate Manu Bhaker and secure a second shooting medal for India at the Paris Games. After the heartbreak of last week, when the 22-year-old from Dheen village near Ambala missed the men's 10m air pistol final by the smallest of margins, an inner 10 to be specific, his whole shooting journey that began in 2016 flashed before his eyes.

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"I Am Busy, Call Later": How Sarabjot Singh's Mother Reacted To His Olympics Bronze

Manu Bhaker Reveals She "Made Fake Profile To Defend PV Sindhu", Star Shuttler Responds

"Journey Has Been Full Of Ups And Downs": Manu Bhaker To NDTV After Second Olympics Medal

Olympics 2024: Simone Biles Leads USA To Gymnastics Women's Team Gold

After Rain, Fans Suffer From Scorching Heat In Paris Olympics 2024

North Korea Win First Olympic Medal In Eight Years With Table Tennis Silver

Olympics latest: Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle reach double sculls final

Changing Fortunes Of Shooter Sarabjot Singh: From Feeling Hopeless To Olympic Medal Three Days Later