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Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra

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Bindra may switch events to find motivation

By thedarknight ⋅ November 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After winning the World Championship before winning an Olympic gold medal in a never-done-it-before feat that Abhinav Bindra achieved earlier this year, he now wants to get back to shooting.
Therefore, for a person who has reached the highest pinnacles in the 10m air rifle discipline, Bindra had to look someplace else to regain his motivation. […]

Bindra is ungrateful: IOA officials

By thedarknight ⋅ September 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After winning India’s first individual gold in Olympics, the shooter gave credit to his father for the success. Abhinav said that the victory was more in spite of the system than because of it. This comment infuriated Digvijay Singh, the president of the Shooting Federation of India and he said that shooters like Abhinav Bindra […]

Kalmadi defends IOA administration

By thedarknight ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Reacting to Abhinav Bindra’s potshot at sports administrators in a leading daily, IOA president Suresh Kalmadi responded like any babu in this country would do, defending himself and the system.
“Politicians, bureaucrats or top industrialists should head the sports federations as they can better communicate with the sports ministry,” he said. “The secretary should be from […]

Bindra urges for professionalism

By thedarknight ⋅ August 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India’s Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra has urged the country’s sports administrators to adopt a more professional approach to help the country build on the good show at the Beijing Games.
Bindra became India’s first individual Olympic champion after claiming the 10m air rifle before freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar and middleweight boxer Vijender Kumar added bronze […]

Beijing Olympics come to an end

By thedarknight ⋅ August 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After two weeks of mesmerizing action and some quite stunning ceremonies, the Beijing Olympics 2008 came to an end on Sunday. This was a successful culmination of the 29th Olympics of the modern era.
An hour-long pre-ceremony featured sequences with Fuwa, the mascot, as the creative theme. Then followed pyrotechnics and display, which only the Chinese […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting

By thedarknight ⋅ August 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput failing to qualify for the finals of men’s 50 meter rifle three position competition at the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Narang fired 1167 to finish 13th while Rajput was a distant 26th with 1162 points in the qualification round. Narang was way behind in the qualification mark as the last man making […]

Mittal to invest more in Indian sports

By thedarknight ⋅ August 15, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The success of Abhinav Bindra at the Beijing Olympics has left the Mittal Champions Trust (MCT), set up by the richest Indian in the world, steel magnate LN Mittal, feeling fulfilled and they now hope to invest more in the management of Indian sports to get an even better showing at the London Olympics in […]

I want to give back to Indian sport: Bindra

By thedarknight ⋅ August 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Abhinav Bindra spoke about his gratitude towards the reaction he has evoked amongst his country men following his amazing feat of shooting gold at Beijing.
He said that, “I’m feeling a little numb right now. A bit overwhelmed. But I’m happy that I could experiment liberally during my competition due to the training I had put […]

Abhinav Bindra comes home

By thedarknight ⋅ August 14, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India’s first individual Olympic Gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra returned from the Beijing Games early morning on Thursday. Bindra’s immediate family and friends received the new pin-up boy of Indian sports at the Delhi airport.
Abhinav Bindra had created history on Monday in the Beijing Olympics by winning the 10m air rifle event on Monday, thus becoming […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Rathore fails in double trap

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Athens silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore failed to qualify for the finals of men’s double trap event at the Beijing Olympics in what will be a major disappointment to the whole contingent.
Rathore shot a dismal score of 43 and 45 in the first two rounds which had put much pressure on him. Rathore could only […]

Award him the Bharat Ratna: Milkha Singh

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Abhinav Bindra should get the country’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna for winning India its first individual gold medal, says legendary Olympian Milkha Singh.
“I am so happy. My dream to see India win an individual gold medal in the Olympics before I die has been fulfilled,” an emotional Milkha Singh said after Bindra on Monday […]

Awards galore for Olympic Champion Abhinav Bindra

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After he made the country proud, it seems that the country is hell bent on making it upto him. Already thousands of “thank yous” and “we are proud of you” messages are lined up for the boy when he returns home on Thursday. Besides that, he has been decked with cash rewards from all over.
The […]

Proud parents plan 200 crore hotel & open-bus ride for Bindra

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The joy of AS Bindra’s face, father of India’s golden boy Abhinav Bindra, knew no bounds as his son went on to achieve his destiny by shooting an Olympic gold.
“Abhinav has not only brought laurels to the city, but has made the entire country proud. I have no hesitation in saying that today is the […]

Indian sport headed in the wrong direction ?

By nj ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Before starting, I would like to point out that not many people are going to like this article. I do not want to take anything away from India’s first individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra but would like to point out that India really need to get their act together and plan for the next edition […]

Abhinav Bindra shoots historic Gold

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Abhinav Bindra won India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal on Monday with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the men’s 10m air rifle. By doing so, he has created history in the annals of Indian sport as before this all the gold medals that have been won at the Olympics have been in team events, […]

Abhinav Bindra wins Gold at Beijing Olympics 2008

By nj ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ 21 comments

Source : Rediff.com
Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual gold medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics.
The gold medal is India’s first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place while Finn Henri Hakkinen faltered on a final […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Archery

By thedarknight ⋅ August 10, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India lost to China in the quater finals of the women’s archery competition in a closely contested match.
The Indian trio of L Bombayla Devi, Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni came agonisingly close to a place in the medal rounds before hosts China shattered their hopes with a nail-biting win in the quarter-finals of the women’s […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting

By thedarknight ⋅ August 10, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Indian shooters continued to draw a blank in Beijing Olympics with Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Mansher Singh failing to make it to the finals of the men’s trap event on Sunday.
Tipped a medal prospect, Manavjit could manage only 116 our of 125 to finish 12th at the end of the five-round qualifying sessions spread […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting, Archery & Rowing

By thedarknight ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After the early morning disappointments, India had something to look forward to on Sunday when three events brought hope for the nation, namely shooting, archery and rowing.
Even as Anjali Bhagwat, debutant Avneet Kaur Sidhu and veteran Samresh Jung failed to fire their way into the finals of the their respective individual events, Manavjit Singh Sandhu […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting

By thedarknight ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In a big setback to India’s medal hopes, Samresh Jung failed to make the finals of the men’s 10m air pistol event following the poor show by Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu on Saturday.
The Melbourne Commonwealth Games multiple gold medallist shot a disappointing score of 570/600 to finish 42nd among 48 shooters in the […]

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