Manu Bhaker can create history today, know what are the rules and conditions of 25 meter pistol competition

Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Shooting Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker kept her chances of winning an unprecedented third medal at the 2024 Olympics alive as she stormed into the 25m pistol women’s final, her third medal haul, at the Games here on Friday. The 22-year-old Manu finished second in the 60-shot qualification round by scoring 590-24x. In the precision phase he scored 294 while in the rapid phase he scored 296. In the qualification stage, Manu was placed third after the precision round with scores of 97, 98 and 99 for a total score of 294. In this stage, Isha was placed at 10th position with scores of 95, 96 and 100 for a total score of 291. In the rapid round, Manu scored 296 with total scores of 100, 98 and 98 and reached the second position.

On the other hand, Isha could only score 290 with a total of 97, 96 and 97 and slipped to 18th position. Now if she wins today, Manu will become the first Indian athlete to win three medals in individual events in the same edition of the Olympics. The shooter from Haryana has already won two bronze medals in her second appearance at the Olympics – the first in the women’s 10m air pistol event and the second bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Games. She can also become the most successful Indian shooter in the Olympic Games. If she wins three medals in the same Olympics, it will also be an unprecedented Indian record.

What is special about pistol events?

In pistol events, players have to aim with one hand without any support. After reaching the range, one has to follow the commands of the range officer from before the start of the match till the end of the match. Without command, you can neither take your pistol out of the box nor put it back in the box. Apart from this, it also has to be kept in mind that your pistol is not loaded and it is not pointed towards anyone. It is important to place a safety flag on the barrel when you are away from the pistol. These rules have been set for both pistol and rifle.

pistol used in pistol competition

The pistol used in the 10 meter air pistol competition is a single-loaded gun in a 4.5-millimeter calibre, while the 5.6 caliber pistol used in the 25 meter event is a rapid fire pistol with a five-shot magazine. . In pistol events, athletes have to aim at a stationary target in an indoor shooting range. All shooting is done from prescribed distances – 10m, 25m, 50m, in which athletes have to aim at a target made of paper.

Only women shooters participate in this, like the 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, there are two qualifying rounds of 30-30 shots each.

Pistol shooting competition is divided into three parts

Let us tell you that the pistol shooting competition has been divided into three parts. 25 meter rapid fire pistol, 25 meter pistol and 10 meter air pistol. Here players have to shoot with one hand without any support.