Manu Bhaker confident of managing BA exams and shooting

Manu Bhaker

Inside her hotel room in the Croatian capital Zagreb, India's Olympic medal hope Manu Bhaker is juggling shooting-related activities and studies.

However, a day before the Tokyo-bound Indian shooting contingent hits the range for its first training session in Croatia, Bhaker's pistol will give way to a pen and shooting gear to her study materials, as she logs in for her BA fourth semester exam.

A student of political science in the Delhi University's prestigious Lady Shri Ram College for Women, the champion shooter's exams start on May 18, while the European Championship in Osijek, in which the Indian team will compete as an invitee, begins two days later, from May 20.

The continental tournament and Bhaker's exams will run almost concurrently but she is relieved that the dates of her events are not clashing with the papers.

"I will manage both, as I have done in the past. At least I don't have competition on days I have my papers, so it's manageable," Bhaker told PTI.

While the Bhaker family consider studies very important, shooting competitions are a priority for one of India's biggest medal hopes at the Tokyo Olympics.

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