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Abhinav Bindra became the 1st Individual Olympic Gold Medalist from India. [2] The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of 0.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking. [3]
He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal. [2] [3] Bindra is also the first Indian to have held concurrently the World and Olympic titles for the men's 10-meter air rifle event, having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships.
Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever individual Olympic gold. Russian Natalia Paderina and Georgian Nino Salukvadze, whose countries were at war, won silver and bronze respectively in the 10m Air Pistol. They shared hugged and shook hands on the podium, which was seen as peaceful gesture. [1] [2]
A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold is 2011 autobiography of Indian 2008 Summer Olympics Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra.He won the medal in the 10-metre air rifle category, which made him India's first ever individual gold medalist; this victory came after he received the seventh rank at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian individual gold medalist after his victory in the men's air rifle event. [67] Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar got the country's first Olympic medal in boxing and second medal in wrestling respectively. [ 66 ]
Indian sport shooter and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra said the teenager has "inspired a generation." "Your brilliance, determination, and grace under pressure have made the entire nation ...
Gold medal match. 14 October 2010 ... Abhinav Bindra: Men's 10m air rifle: 698.0 Gagan Narang: 703.6 =GR: Vijay Kumar: Men's 25m centre fire pistol: 574 Harpreet Singh:
When an athlete makes a gold medal match at the Olympics, a silver medal is typically seen as a happy worst-case scenario. It wound up being much worse for India's Vinesh Phogat.