Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra wins the first every first ever individual Olympic gold medal in 10 metres air rifle event. Bindra was fourth after qualifying but had a brilliant final round and even hit a near perfect 10.8 on his last visit to pull in front of Henri Hakkinen of Finland, who dropped to bronze with a poor final shot of 9.7.
Milestones Set by Abhinav Bindra
Milestones Set by Abhinav Bindra
- Made a junior world record score of 597/600 in 2001 Munich World Cup and won bronze
- Gold in 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
- Became the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold
- Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2001.
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