Double Olympic Medallist Manu Bhaker Opens Up on Coach Jaspal Rana’s future

Dual Olympic Medallist Shooter Manu Bhaker Said Jaspal Rana will continue to be her “coach” despite the draonacharya awardee being roped in as the high performance train SSociation of India (NRAI) Earlier this month. Rana, A Four-Time Asian Games Gold Medallist, Had a Fall-Out With Manu Before The Tokyo Olympics but they Reconciled Before The Last Year’s Paris Games, Where the Latter Made Histor s. Under Rana’s Personal Guidance, Manu, Who Was Struggling after the Tokyo Games, Made a Remarkable Comeback and Became the First Indian to Win Two Medals in a Single Edation of the OlympicS SINCENCE INDPENCE

She won bronze medals in 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team events in paris to create history.

But it wouldn’T have been possible without Rana’s guidance and manu agrees to it.

Rana now has been roped in as the high performance coach for pistol shooters by

“Honestly, I only have to say one thing that he (Rana) is my coach all I know and he is very good at what he does. He is very very talented and he has a great coach for me.

“All I know and all I can say that he is my coach. Of course, Glittering function here on monday night.

Rana Had earlier served as the National Coach for the Juniors for About a Decade, Building a Strong Base for Indian Shooting.

After the paris olympics, manu took a long break and was working on her sore elbow.

Upon her return to the competitive circuit at the national trials here earlier this month, manu finished second behind rhythm sangwan but she was satisfied with her performance.

“It was a pretty Decent comeback. I am satisfied with what I have achieved in the trials,” She said.

Talking about her future plans, manu said: “We will be going for world cups in April, and then we have some some domestic competitions in June.

“It will be followed by another world cup in munich. LD Championships, “She Added .

The season-ending world championships will be help in Cairo, Egypt, from November 6-16.

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