Abhinav Bindra wins Gold for India at Beijing olympics

Abhinav Bindra wins the first medal for India in beijing Olympics that too a Gold medal in 10m Air rifle event. Its the first ever individual Gold medal in olympics for India .In 1980 Indian hockey team won Gold( team event ) and after 28 years we get hands on it again.It a was proud moment at the victory ceremony at Beijing when he was oranted with the medal , then Indian national anthem being played and then Indian National flag flying higher than China and Finland's as they stood at 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. How he Won
Abhinav qualified to the finals with 4 th position. In the final round he had to compete with the top shooters in 10 shots. In the first shot he scored 10.7 and stood 3 rd.In the second 10.3 and again 3 rd.In the 3 rd shot he scored 10.4 and moved to second spot . He scored 10.5 in the next 3 shots and held to 2 nd spot in 4 th and 5 th shots and then moved to 1 st spot in 6 th shot. In 7 th shot he scored 10.6 but in the next shot he dropped to 10.0. With that every Indian watching the game got shattered .In 9 th round he scored 10.2 but was holding 3 rd position so a minimum of Bronze was expected. In the last shot he scored 10.8 and there he settled all scores and grabbed Gold. China's Zhu Qinan got the Silver and Finland's Henri Hakkinen settled with bronze.

Why is it so important?

Bindra's historic feat makes him India's first individual gold medallist, bettering the silver medal feat of double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Athens 2004. Indian has won only 5 individual medals at Olympics , and this performance tops the list.

Abhinav's Profile

Abhinav Bindra (born September 28, 1982) is an Indian shooting sports person and CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, a PC games peripherals distributor based in Chandigarh. As a shooter, he specialises in the field of Air rifle. In August 2008, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and first gold medal since 1980 for India.[1][2]
At the age of 15, Abhinav Bindra was the youngest participant at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and two years later he was the youngest shooter at the 2000 Olympic Games.[3] He won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001. In the Air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, he won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he broke the Olympic record but failed to win a medal. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award in 2001 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 2001-2002. Abhinav Bindra's potential talent was first spotted by Lt. Col. J.S. Dhillon. He was Bindra's first coach. Abhinav also holds an MBA.

Mr. Cool

As he was going through the rounds he never expressed his emotions he was cool like cucumber concentrating very hard.When he dipped to 10.0 points in the 8 th round every one in the Indian contingent was almost shattered and I could not resist from changing the channel.But he was still cool and then he triggered his best shot in the nerve breaking final round .Only a talent like him could give his best at the final moment. Till recently he was not at his best physical condition as he was recovering from a back injury and was not able to lift his rifle at a stage. He has concentrated hard and worked hard at his physical fitness.