Manu Bhaker: There was no pressure on winning third medal, will try to overcome this in next cycle

Manu Bhaker reflects on her Paris Olympics experience, aiming for improvement and success in future competitions.

India's double-medal winner at Paris Olympics Manu Bhaker on August 3 said there was no pressure on her for a third podium finish here after she narrowly missed out on a bronze in the women's 25m pistol competition.

Bhaker finished fourth and signed off from the ongoing Olympics as the first-ever Indian to have won two medals in a single edition of the Games after Independence.

Bhaker, who shot 28 in the shoot-off, said the experience will only add to her skills along with a "lot of motivation".

"Did I? No, I don't think I did because as soon as the last matches were over, my coach was like, 'You know what? history is history. Now live in the present and then later on you can sit down and think about how everything went'," Bhaker said at the mixed zone.

"Jaspal sir, he does a great job in keeping me in the present. There was no such pressure of winning a third medal but I definitely wanted to do my best and try to give a, like great match, that's all I was trying and well...," Bhaker added.

"The fourth position definitely does not feel amazing but there is always a next time and certainly it is going to be there for me." "Now I have two medals and lots of motivation to work on for the next time, I will try my best and work really hard so that I can try and give a better finish to India next time," she said.

Bhaker admitted the fourth-place finish did leave her with a few aspects to work on as she now trains her focus on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.