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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Manu Bhaker, who won a gold medal recently, belongs to which game?
A
Boxing
B
Shooting
C
Wrestling
D
Archery
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Earlier, Manu Bhaker had won gold medals in the senior and junior women’s individual 25m pistol events apart from winning women’s and junior women’s team gold medals in 25m pistol.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 18-year-old Rudrankksh Patil secured the first quota place from the meet after winning gold in the men’s 10m air rifle. He also became only the sixth Indian shooting world champion after Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, Tejaswini Sawant, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Om Prakash Mitherval and Ankur Mittal.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 16-year-old Manu became the first shooter from India and the first female athlete from India to grab a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. In February 2019 she won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at 2019 ISSF World Cup in Delhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won gold in the Men’s 10 metre air rifle event becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.

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