Following the victory, the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and future Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Jay Shah took to social media to congratulate the Indian team.
Manisha’s dominance started in the first game. Despite her Danish opponent hanging close, Manisha built a sizable lead and took advantage to win the first game 21-12, going up 1-0 in 13 minutes.
However, the fabled Chhatrasal that has given India all the four male Olympic medallists in this century, regained it’s old charm after Aman Sehrawat went on to clinch the bronze medal in men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling event at the Paris Olympics late on Friday night.
Aman Sehrawat’s bronze medal has seen him create history by becoming the youngest-ever individual Olympic medallist from India at 21 years 0 months and 24 days.
Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat beat Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz to clinch the bronze medal in the 57 kg freestyle wrestling event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Friday.
The 22-year-old Haryana-born sharpshooter clinched the 10m air pistol mixed team event’s bronze medal with fellow-Haryanvi Sarabjot Singh, who is also 22 years old.
India's 10m Air Pistol mixed team of Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh clinch bronze medal after beating South Korea 16-10 at the Paris Olympics.
Manu Bhaker opened India's accounts at the Paris Olympics with a bronze in the 10m air pistol event, becoming India's first woman shooter to win an Olympic medal.
For Manu Bhaker, the bronze medal win at the Paris Games was nothing short of redemption, especially after thoughts of quitting the sport hit her not too long ago. Not that her performances were not up to the mark, but there could have been a definite lack of motivation.
The Indian wrestler won his 61kg freestyle bronze medal bout 10-4 against Kairat Amirtayev of Kazakhstan.
