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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Jaspreet Sahni | TNN

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker ends two-year wait with bronze, Doreen Vennekamp's gold for Germany halts China's run

BHOPAL: With her parents in attendance and hopes of an ISSF World Cup medal here depending on her last event, 25m pistol, after a blank in air pistol, Manu Bhaker was doing all she could stay focused -- be it juggling tennis balls in the lawns of the MP State Shooting Academy to focus ahead of the rapid stage of qualification or a small meditation routine after booking a place in the medal round.

The pressure was obvious. It had been two years since her last individual medal in a senior World Cup. In the air pistol women's and mixed events here, she had failed to qualify for the finals.

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