Olympic Bronze Medalist Manu Bhaker's Glorious Past

Author: Subhi Saxena Date: 29/07/24 Credit: Instagram Credit: Instagram

Manu Bhaker

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Started Young

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Broke Sidhu's Record

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Youngest to win World Cup

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Commonwealth Games Gold

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Asian Games Gold

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World Cups

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World Championship

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10 Olympic Records that are Hard To Be Broken

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