Bindra Shoots Into Indian Sporting Folklore With Olympic Gold
Abhinav Bindra from Chandigarh fired himself into Indian sporting history by ending his country’s 108-year wait for an individual Olympic gold medal. The 25-year-old shooter from Chandigarh won the men’s 10- meter air rifle event at the Beijing Games today, coming from behind to beat defending champion Zhu Qinan of China and Henri Hakkinen of Finland in the final round. Bindra captured the nation of 1.1 billion people’s first Olympic gold medal since its men’s field hockey players won the last of their record eight titles in 1980. (more…)