WATCH: Manu Bhaker Dances To Kala Chashma During Felicitation At Chennai School In Viral Video
Paris Olympics 2024 double bronze medallist Manu Bhaker showed another aspect to her life when she put on her dancing shoes during a felicitation ceremony at a school in Chennai on Tuesday (August 20). After becoming the first Olympian from India in nearly a century to bag two medals in a single edition of the Games in Paris, Manu Bhaker has been the toast of town felicitated by politicians, corporates and even educational institutions.
In a video which viral on social media, Manu Bhaker can be seen dancing to the hit song ‘Kala Chashma’ from Siddharth Malhotra-starrer ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ with school children from Velammal Nexus School in Chennai.
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Manu Bhakar dancing in an event with young students on Kala Chashma song.
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Manu scripted history in Paris by becoming the first Indian athlete post Independence to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics, more than making up for her forgettable games debut in Tokyo Olympics 2021 three years ago.
“My journey, coming from the Tokyo Olympics, it was very difficult for me to be confident again. I was world number two, but I did not do good in it,” Manu said after being felicitated by the Velammal Nexus School in Chennai.
“I know the taste of losing and then winning. It’s the beauty of sports. One competition you lose, and you can win the other. But, it would only happen if you put in hard work,” she added.
Urging young students to take up sports as career options, the 22-year-old shooter emphasised on ‘dreaming big’ and ‘hard work’. “To achieve the goal, we must put in a lot of hard work and effort. It doesn’t always start with aiming for something big, you also have to work to achieve it. If you can dream big, you can achieve big. So, always start by dreaming big.
“I always tell myself that no matter if I win or lose in any competition, I’ll always be very confident and hold myself high and together, and be very confident. We have many career options. You don’t have to become a doctor or an engineer. Sports life is a beautiful life. From financial support to any kind of it, you get everything in sports,” Manu Bhaker said.
Manu, who won a bronze each in the women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event – where she had paired with Sarabjot Singh – weighed in on the role of her parents in inspiring her. “My inspiration came from my mother. She made me the way I am today. She told me to take inspiration, but not to become like anyone else. Without parents’ support, a child cannot do much,” Manu said.