India, Feb. 15 -- Manu Bhaker loves to be in the thick of action. After a long break of six months, the double Olympic medallist is back in the shooting range and reigniting the fire in her for a fresh Olympic cycle.

A look at her performances in the two selection trials suggest that Manu has started from where she left off at the Paris range during the Olympics. She shot impressively in qualification of both 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events, making the cut for finals on all four occasions.

In the rankings, Manu finished in second place in the 10m air pistol -- the discipline that fetched her individual and mixed team bronze medals in Paris -- and topped the rankings in the 25m sports pistol -- in which she narrowly missed a third O...