Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:54am on 24 Dec 2024,Tuesday Sports
Manu Bhaker, 22, India’s first Independence-era athlete to win two Olympic medals at Paris 2024, is heartbroken over her exclusion from the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna shortlist. "I shouldn't have gone to the Olympics and won medals for the country," Bhaker told her father after the snub. Despite clinching two bronze medals in the 10m air pistol events and applying for the award, her name was overlooked. Bhaker’s father called the decision “devastating” and urged the government to recognize her efforts. Fans criticized the sports ministry, highlighting her 28-medal tally post-Tokyo. "Her achievements deserved automatic recognition," a source remarked.
