This was India’s 11th quota in shooting for the Olympics. Five of these - Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Sift Kaur Samra, Rajeshwari Kumari and Tilottama Sen - have come through women.
The country's first skeet medalist at an ISSF World Cup Ganemat Sekhon, and Darsha Rathore feature in the proposed shotgun squads.
Manu shot 263.9 to top the eight-woman semi-final stage even as Arshdeep followed her to the gold medal contest, finishing second with a score of 260.5. Radhika Tanwar, also from Haryana, won bronze.
Manu and Javad had placed third in the qualification with a combined 582/600 to qualify for the first semi-final where they topped the field of four pairs to make it to the final.
This was Manu's fourth gold of the competition to go with one bronze, while it was the 14-year old Naamya's second gold of the championship.
The 19-year-old Manu said there was negativity around her shooting and preparations in the run-up to the Olympics, due to the conflict with former coach Jaspal Rana
Rahi, the Asian Games gold medallist, scored 287 points with an average of 9.567 and was placed 25th among 44 shooters
In a statement, the airlines claimed that “rightful documents” were asked for from Bhaker when she was boarding its flight along with her mother for Bhopal from Delhi on February 19, contrary to the allegations made by her against the airline.
Premier League India also joined in with a post on their Twitter handle where Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah is seen celebrating a goal in a yoga posture during a game.
Manu Bhaker posted on her Twitter handle that she is learning how to ride a bike and the mission has almost been accomplished.
