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First win is home! Congratulations @bhakermanu, you've made all of us sooo proud!."
Taking to her Instagram Stories, Kareena Kapoor Khan congratulated Bhaker by writing India's first medal #ManuBhaker Ye Hindu betiyaan,
Kangana Ranaut also shared a congratulatory message for Bhaker as she wrote ... adding India's flag and flower emoticons It's incredible. After the disappointment of what happened in Tokyo. To come here and to be able to get over that. To come here and compete and win a bronze medal. It's a phenomenal achievement. These kinds of achievement take years of sacrifice, lot of hard work, perseverance, resilience. I think we just know how hard it is for athletes, how much sacrifice they go through. How much pressure it involves for a lot of these sports, I can imagine,
This is the pinnacle of their sport. It doesn't get bigger than the Olympics for a lot of these athletes. For her, to be able to do that at this stage, to be able to put that performance under pressure. Congratulations to her. It's truly a great day for Indian sport. What an inspiring story for so many young boys and girls across the country,
I had dreamt about this, but being here standing with the medal around my neck, it feels surreal,
Manu told reporters in Chateauroux, about 300km from Paris where shooters are experiencing a Games of their own I’m so grateful that I could break the chain and get this medal,
If I didn’t have that lesson in my life, maybe I wouldn’t be here today,
I have many more matches to shoot,
Congratulations, Manu, on the victory. I am very happy as you won a medal. Although you missed a silver medal by just 0.1 point, you still made the country proud,
At Tokyo, the weapon betrayed you. But this time, you took care of everything,
PM Modi said on his phone call I firmly believe that you will do well in the coming events too. The beginning has been so well, it will raise your confidence to another level and the country will benefit from that,
The PM added ... Modi told Bhaker Many, many congratulations to you, Manu. Since hearing the news of your win, the whole country is basking in the glory of your success,
PM Modi said during his telephonic interaction with the 22-year-old shooter You missed out on a silver by the smallest of margins but still you have made the country proud. You deserve credit on two counts - one for winning a bronze medal and another for becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting,
No, I have not spoken to them yet. I will call them,
Your hard work will bring the rewards. Have you called up home and spoken to your father Ram Kishan ji? He has always wanted to see you excel in sports and do your country proud. I wish you all the very best and my blessings are with you."
Sir, everything is well taken care of, we are doing well. My teammates are also saying namaste to you,
In Bhagwat Gita, Krishna says to Arjuna that 'you focus on your karma and not on the outcome of that karma'. Only that was running in my head,
she said, relief written large on her smiling face, when asked about her state of mind during the final It is very important to be mentally strong. You at times don't know what is happening...I have tried to be positive, I keep myself calm and do yoga,
Thank you, I feel great. Really grateful for this medal. We will have this in India in no time. I hope it's not just one medal and we have many medals in the following days, not just in shooting but in many other sports. I am looking forward to a brilliant performance by the Indian contingent this time. I hope that we will hit double digits in the medal tally,
I saw this article with my face on it with me and my coach saying 'redemption time' and I was like 'redemption time'... I never thought about that like this. I have worked really hard and I realized that. I wanted to not regret it later. So, I will try my best. However, it goes I will accept it. Whether a medal or not, whether gold or not. However, it goes I will accept it,