India's first Olympics Individual gold medallist, who won the 10 metres Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Games, was conferred the honour by the International Olympic Committee during its 142nd Session in Paris.
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10-metre Air Rifle event at the 12th Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, on Friday. The 29-year old Beijing Olympics gold medalist aggregated 701.1 points, 0.3 more than China's Qinan Zhu, who placed second. Tao Wang, also of China, finished third with 699.9 points.
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in men's 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics on Monday morning. The medal is India's first individual gold, and the first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Gagan Narang, P T Raghunath and Navanath Fartade won the bronze in the 10m air rifle team event at the Asian Games.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang won a bronze in 10 meter air rifle event at the World Cup in Beijing.
Rifle shooter Chain Singh became the seventh Indian marksman to clinch an Olympic quota place after finishing eighth in the 50m Rifle 3 Position event of the ISSF World Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on Friday.
India's Chain Singh did himself and the country proud after winning the bronze in the 50m 3-position rifle shooting event at the Asian Games on Saturday.
He joins pistol shooter Jitu Rai, rifle shooters Apurvi Chandela and Gagan Narang, who all had sealed berths earlier.
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event at World shooting championships.
Ace marksman Gagan Narang shot bronze medal in the men's 10m Air Rifle in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing even though compatriots Abhinav Bindra and PT Raghunath failed to make the finals of the event. Gagan fired 99, 99, 99, 100, 100, 100 and 100 to total 597 that earned him a ticket in the final of the event.
The Indian ace placed 40th in men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF World Cup (Rifle and Pistol) in Fort Benning, USA.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
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