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Manu Bhaker secured fifth place in the 10m air pistol, while India's skeet teams won two bronze medals at the Asian Games.
An Indian shooting coach expressed disappointment with the Asian Games arrangements, citing long travel times to the venue and accommodation far from the range. This has led to early starts and disrupted schedules for the contingent.
Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, Paralympic winner Praveen Kumar were also conferred the highest sporting honour.
Gukesh was also part of the Indian team that won a historic gold in the Chess Olympiad last year.
The ace shooter said that 'there has been a lapse, maybe on my part, while filing for the nomination, which is being corrected'.
He will join star shooter Manu Bhaker as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent.
Around 100 people waited at the airport long before her arrival despite the morning drizzle in the city.
Manu can look back at her run at Paris 2024 with a big sense of satisfaction.
Bhaker finished fourth and signed off from the ongoing Olympics as the first-ever Indian to have won two medals in a single edition of the Games after Independence.
She lost to Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off.
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