Teen shooter Manu Bhaker bans parents from foreign trips

India's teen shooter Manu Bhaker with parents Sumedha and Ramkishan

Teenage shooter Manu Bhaker said she's told her parents not to accompany her to tournaments abroad as she struggles to adapt to life as one of India's best known sportswomen. Bhaker, 16, has brought home World Cup and Commonwealth Games gold medals this year in a sudden rise to fame, and is one of the favourites at the Asian Games in Indonesia.

But she is finding that success comes at a price, with a tough training schedule and a restrictive lifestyle that means less time with friends and a one-hour daily time limit for using her mobile phone.

Bhaker said she had resorted to banning her parents from her overseas trips as she tries to carve out a slice of freedom. "They make limits for me, like, 'Eat that, eat this, don't go there, do this, don't do this, don't use your phone, don't do this now, go to bed,'" said Bhaker before a training session in Palembang, which is co-hosting the Asian Games along with Jakarta. "It's a bit too much."

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