India's Manu Bhaker made it to the final by finishing third in the qualification of the women's 10m air pistol event. At the same time, India's Rhythm Sangwan failed to make it to the final. Full of confidence, Manu has given her best performance and has raised the hope of a medal in the minds of the countrymen, leaving behind the poor start of other Indian shooters in the Olympic Games. Its final will be played on Sunday from 3:30 pm.

22-year-old Bhaker scored 580 in the qualification and secured third place, in which Hungarian shooter Veronica Major topped with a score of 582. Rhythm Sangwan, who is challenging in this event, finished 15th with a score of 573. Manu can open the medal account for India. In the final, eight shooters will compete for three medals gold, silver and bronze.

Bhaker was able to leave behind the disappointment of the Tokyo Olympics three years ago with her brilliant performance. In Tokyo, her campaign could not proceed due to a malfunction in the pistol, which made her emotional. The Haryana shooter was fourth with a score of 97-97 in the first two series. During this, Rhythm slipped to 26th place. Bhaker reached the top two with a score of 98 in the third series. She shot an eight in the fifth series, but she managed to make a comeback with accurate shooting after that and finished third.

Earlier, after the mixed teams in air rifle got off to a disappointing start in the Olympic Games, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema could not make it to the final of the men's 10m air pistol. Sarabjot finished ninth in the qualification with a total score of 577, while Arjun finished 18th with a score of 574. At the same time, Indian shooters were also eliminated in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification stage. Two Indian pairs were participating in this event. Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh finished 12th with a total score of 626.3.