Abhinav Bindra Bags Gold Medal At Beijing Olympics
August 11, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh
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Abhinav Bindra With Gold Medal
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11.
Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.
He scored over China’s Zhu Qinan who came with 699.7 points and Finland’s Henri Hakkinen who secured third place with 699.4 points.
Bindra had been fourth after qualifying but had a brilliant final round and even hit a near perfect 10.8 on his last shot to pull in front of Henri Hakkinen.
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Indeed, it was a very proud moment for all the Indians, with Bindra bringing in the first individual gold for India. He performed very consistently all through the final round and finished with a near perfect shot of 10.8 points. Good going!