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Bindra's primary outreach to Indian sports is through the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to integrate sports, science, and technology into Indian sports and encourage high-performance physical training. [7] In 2018, Abhinav was bestowed with the prestigious Blue Cross, the ISSF's highest honor. [8] [9] He is ...
The National Rifle Association of India was founded on 17 April, 1951 with a view to promote and popularize the shooting sports in India as well as for self-defense teaching purposes. [1]
Abhinav Bindra became the first ever individual Olympic champion of India. [1] The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
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.
Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal. [ 11 ] [ 42 ] In 2022, Awinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami created history by winning silver medals in 3000 m and 10,000 m steeplechase and racewalking at the Commonwealth Games , events ...
Abhinav Bindra, shooter, won gold for India in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10 metre air rifle; Joan Birkland, Colorado state women's amateur golf and tennis champion; Jeremy Bloom, World Champion and 2x Olympic Freestyle skier; former CU and NFL wide receiver and return specialist, for the Philadelphia Eagles
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August 1994 in Nongpok Kakching [5] about 30 km away from Imphal city, Manipur [6] to a Meitei family, a warrior clan of that region. [7] ...
With minimal funds and poor training facilities for wrestling in India, even for the 2008 Olympic team, his family made sure he obtained the necessary dietary supplements by sending him tinned milk, ghee and fresh vegetables. [33] [34] He is a devoted Hindu and a strict vegetarian. [35] [36]