Abhinav Bindra, A Punjabi Wins First Gold Medal For India

[Raju]

Abhinav Bindra wins first Gold medal for India @ Beijing Olympics.

[Raju]

official report

India's Bindra wins gold in the Men's 10m Air Rifle

(BEIJING, August 11) -- India's Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11 with an incredible performance in the final. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.

China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7.

The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the qualification round, but was unable to hold off Bindra and Zhu in the final. The Finnish shooter shot a total of 699.4.

Hakkinen shot 598 in the qualification round, giving him a one point lead over Zhu. Bindra was one point further back with 596.

Bindra signals his intentions early in the final, with a 10.7 on his first shot. None of Bindra's shots in the final dropped below 10.0.

Hakkinen's performance in the final was solid, but it needed to be better. He averaged 10.14 per shot in the final, compared to Bindra's 10.45.

Going into the last shot, Bindra and Hakkinen were tied for first place, but Bindra secured the gold medal with his best shot of the final, an outstanding 10.8.

Conversely, Hakkinen's last shot was his worst, a lowly 9.7. This allowed Zhu to overcome Hakkinen and win the silver medal. Zhu shot 10.5 on his last shot.

Zhu will be disappointed that did not become the first shooter to win two gold medals in the Men's 10m Air Pistol. However, he was unable to reproduce his best – Zhu holds the Olympic record for the final score in the event, the 702.7 that he shot at Athens 2004.

[Raju]

so this news means jack to sangat ?

jesus christ .. first time a Sikh wins a gold medal at olympics but it doesn't bother sangat at all.

[N30S1NGH]

so this news means jack to sangat ?

jesus christ .. first time a Sikh wins a gold medal at olympics but it doesn't bother sangat at all.

They simply don't care veer but if any case abhinav bhindra was amritdhari or had turban or beard..they be all over this news...this kind of segeration causing more division between punjabis and orthodox sikhs.

[Raju]

well abhinav's father Dr. A. S. Bindra and his mother 'Bubbly' are all over television.

his father was saying "Singh is King" .. lol

[TheVampire]

As already mentioned - he's not Amritdhari so the majority on here don't want to comment.

This forum is full of discrimination exactly what Guru Granth Sahib Jee is against.

Anyway well done to Abhinav - first Indian to win an individual Gold medal.

[rupinder singh]

The news doesn't really float my boat! Yawn!

[Dharam Yudh]

to be honest i couldnt careless if a "amritdhari" won a gold medal. But congratulations to him.

[saint-soldier]

Good on him, saw his fathers interview on tv. but sad how a country of more than a billion can only produce 1 gold medal in like every 20 years.

[Seva]

Good on him, saw his fathers interview on tv. but sad how a country of more than a billion can only produce 1 gold medal in like every 20 years.

My man smashed it, best shot in the world. he did good.

plus on the bbc news site it says;

"Reports said that the shooter's family had organised prayers ahead of his contest in Beijing.

"We are very proud of our son. He has done a great thing for the country. We will be rushing to [the capital] Delhi to receive him when he returns on Thursday," news agencies quoted his mother Babli Mishra telling reporters.

Mrs Mishra said the family would visit Punjab's famous Golden temple to "pay obeisance for his success".

Good on his folks, they going to Harmandir Sahib.