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According to Parth Jindal, the founder of IIS, the inspiration for starting the institute came from Abhinav Bindra's gold-medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The construction of the institute began in 2014 in a hillock area in Vijayanagar, about 30 km away from Hampi and adjacent to JSW Group's Vidyanagar township. The construction of a ...
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 ...
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 Targeting Performance (ABTP) [17] Shuttle by Dalmia Bharat [18] JSW Swimming HPC; Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) for Athletics, Hockey, and Weightlifting; KJS Ahluwalia and Tenvic Sports HPC for Weightlifting [19] Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre (ONTHHPC) Odisha Aditya Birla and Gagan Narang ...
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.
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 ...
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] ...