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
