Aug 11 2008
Abhinav bindra wins gold medal in olympics, India`s gold in olympics
Abhinav Bindra a young 25 year old shooter from India (chandigarh) created history today, This morning he claimed India`s first individual gold medal for india in 10M Air shooting rifle.
Abhinav finished with 104.5 in the 10-shot final as he went into the last shot level with Hakkinen on 689.7 points. Abhinav finished with a combined tally of 700.5 He marginally missed the world record set by Zhu`s (702.7) set in Athens.
Previous some medals that made india proud are :-
Rajyavardhan Rathore’s silver medal at Athens,
Khasaba Jadhav bronze medals in (1952),
tennis star Leander Paes for bronze in (1996)
woman weightlifter Karnam Malleswari bronze in (2000).
Way to go Abhinav, Three cheers for India.
Watch Abhinav`s taking Indian gold in action.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GT42jMdgZo
What u managed to mention is that this was INDIA’S FIRST EVER “”INDIVIDUAL”" OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
Yep, Sahai , It`s a nice moment for india.
edited the post stating it`s first Individual gold medal for india
yes yes yes…….congs buddy…..finally we got the first gold medal in individuals
three cheers for abhinav
hip hip hurray
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Wooootz , Rohan this is a auspicious moment..
believe it, its really eye opening for our indian gov n game federation. hope now they can find some more aspirants n also can contribute on concentrating on other games
Kudos to the lion of India, Mr. Abhinav for making India and Indians proud. May more laurrels shower on you in future too. God bless you. Your feat will surely inspire India to achieve more in future.
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yes.abhina start our medal quest.it is a good beginning.big applause to abhinav bindra.
@rohan
Things are changing and as history has shown indian government has it`s own pace, slowly things will change
@S Prem
He has really shown the next gen sportsmen a path, There is more to come.
He apparently has a blog too
http://www.abhinavbindra.blogspot.com
@Srinivsan
Yep a start, A start to a long journey
Congratulations Abhinav bindra …..u have made our country proud and lifted our national pride in the international platform
Very very happy……..cheers
@anitha
Cheers… Btw you guys would love to have a look at his blog, abhinavbindra.blogspot.com
Somewhere I have seen … And if on that very much.