{"id":39353,"date":"2024-08-08T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/every-indian-elated-by-her-olympic-feat-rajnath-singh-after-meeting-manu-bhaker-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:50:36","slug":"every-indian-elated-by-her-olympic-feat-rajnath-singh-after-meeting-manu-bhaker-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/every-indian-elated-by-her-olympic-feat-rajnath-singh-after-meeting-manu-bhaker-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Every Indian elated by her Olympic feat&#8221;: Rajnath Singh after meeting Manu Bhaker | Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday lauded star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker, meeting the double Olympic bronze medalist following her victorious return from the Paris Games. Singh expressed that every Indian is thrilled by her \u201cincredible performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">He also shared a photograph of their meeting in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cDelighted to meet India\u2019s ace shooter, Manu Bhaker, who scripted history at the Paris Olympics by winning two Bronze medals for the country. Every Indian is elated by her incredible performances. Best wishes for her future endeavours,\u201d Singh wrote on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Delighted to meet India\u2019s ace shooter, Manu Bhaker, who scripted history at the Paris Olympics by wining two Bronze medals for the country. Every Indian is elated by her incredible performances. Best wishes for her future endeavours. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIgMXQaxuf\">pic.twitter.com\/PIgMXQaxuf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1821423352432476535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;\/&gt;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Bhaker returned home on Wednesday following her historic achievements at the Paris Games, where she became the first Indian since Independence to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. The celebrated shooter subsequently shared on social media that the defence minister\u2019s motivational words inspired her.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cI am honoured to have the opportunity to meet with the Hon\u2019ble Defence Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh at his office in New Delhi. I am grateful he took time out from his busy schedule to offer his support and inspired me with his words of motivation #JeetKiAur #Cheer4Bharat #Paris2024 #Olympics @rajnathsingh @DefenceMinIndia @WeAreTeamIndia,\u201d she posted on the social media platform and also shared a photograph of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am honoured to have the opportunity to meet with the Hon\u2019ble Defence Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh at his office in New Delhi. I am grateful he took time out from his busy schedule to offer his support and inspired me with his words of motivation. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \ud83d\ude4f\u2728<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JeetKiAur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JeetKiAur<\/a>\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g8O2gCPEoz\">pic.twitter.com\/g8O2gCPEoz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Bhaker\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@realmanubhaker) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realmanubhaker\/status\/1821444152065667229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;\/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Bhaker is set to return to Paris on Saturday and will serve as one of the flag-bearers for the Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Bhaker secured a bronze medal in both the women\u2019s 10m air pistol and the 10m air pistol mixed team events, partnering with Sarabjot Singh to create Olympic history for India.<\/p>\n<p>Before her, British-Indian athlete Norman Pritchard had earned two silver medals in the 200m sprint and 200m hurdles at the 1900 Olympics, an accomplishment that occurred during the pre-Independence period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday lauded star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker, meeting the double Olympic bronze medalist following her victorious return from the Paris Games. Singh expressed that every Indian is thrilled by her \u201cincredible performances.\u201d He also shared a photograph of their meeting in a post on X. \u201cDelighted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-53.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39355,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39353\/revisions\/39355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}