A star-starved nation found a new sporting icon in a bespectacled marksman as Abhinav Bindra shot his way to history, winning India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle event on Monday. The sharpshooter from Chandigarh lit up an otherwise gloomy day at the Beijing Shooting Range and sizzled in the finals to lift the gold, ahead of his Chinese and Fin rivals.
As he wrote history, the 25-year-old was poise and grace personified, talking about his attaining Olympic immortality and its possible ramifications in a country that remains almost biased towards cricket."I sincerely hope my medal changes the face of India's Olympic sports," the bespectacled shooter said after winning the gold at the Beijing Shooting Range on Monday.
His legendary act has definitely paved way for other Indians to come forward and do the country proud........
Thank you Abhinav for making me eat my words.
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