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Huge margin of win leaves Manu Bhaker pleased

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Press Trust of India Brisbane
Last Updated : Apr 08 2018 | 11:45 AM IST

Immediately after letting her pistol do all the talking one more time, Manu Bhaker spoke little but enough to express her pleasure at winning the 10m air pistol gold at the Commonwealth Games with such consummate ease.

The seasoned Heena Sidhu staged a remarkable comeback to bag silver at the Belmont Shooting Centre.

The 16-year-old Bhaker's calm demeanour belied her age as she shot a CWG record 240.9 to finish well ahead of her senior teammate Sidhu, who aggregated 234.

Bhaker's 388 in the qualifications was also a Games record, while Sidhu tallied 379.

"I am very happy... it is my first Commonwealth Games and I won with a qualification record also. The gap between me and the second competitor, that was a huge margin. So it was pleasure winning this medal for India and I am very, very happy," Manu said after the event.

A dominant Bhaker led throughout the two stages and lived up to the billing.

On her part, Sidhu said, "I feel good. I mean I was facing some problems before going into the finals and the match, but I figured my way around it, and that is what athletes are supposed to do, fight with the challenges."
"I couldn't feel the muscles properly and that is why I lost in the first 5, 50 is about minimum I would have gotten. If I had paid more attention to the gripping I would have given her (Bhaker) more competition."

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First Published: Apr 08 2018 | 11:45 AM IST

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