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Abhinav Bindra wins India's first gold
Wrestler Sushil Kumar
Boxer Vijender Kumar
India bagged its first ever individual Olympic gold medal in 108 years when Abhinav Bindra won the 10 metre air rifle event in one of the most exciting shooting finals in the history of the world's biggest sporting spectacle.
The historic win for the 25-year-old pro from Chandigarh came against heavy odds as he entered the event ranked number 17 in the world and pitted against Athens Olympic champion Zhu Qinan of China and Henri Hakkinen of Finland rated much higher than him.
But Bindra proved that reputation and history counted little as he overcame a two-point deficit against Zhu and Haikkinen after the qualifying round and annexed the title.
Bindra shot 104.5 to take his total to 700.5 in the final. In ten rounds, he shot 10.7, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6, 10.0, 10.2, 10.8 to clinch the first berth. China's Qinan Zhu won silver while Finland's Henri Hakkinen won bronze.
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