Monday, August 11, 2008

2008 Olympics: Gold For Indian Shooter - Abhinav Bindra

Just saw it on DD! It was fantastic final round of shooting, with it being tied after 9 rounds! Wonderful shooting by Abhinav Bindra today. Who knew shooting could be so exciting to watch :)

Abhinav shot the best in the final rounds today, but his qualification rounds from yesterday had placed him in 4th (I think?), so he had to climb up in the rankings. Here is my earlier shooting profile if you want to read more about him, though now the web will be full of information about him! It is the first ever gold medal for India in an individual event.

BTW, all other shooters and archers who did not get a medal so far in this Olympics, also did very well, missing it by a couple of points here and there. So lets give them all credit.

8 comments:

Viswanathan said...

Great day for India. I never thought an Indian will win an individual gold in my life time.:)

RS said...

ottayan - exciting isn't it? I am actually keeping my fingers crossed for another medal or two :)

a fan said...

yes, really a great news.
it will be really good if we can get 2 medals in Tennis. hope we get it...

btw, i saw Abhinav Bindra's pics in ibnlive.com. He looks so calm and serene.

RS said...

a fan: tennis is an option. but shooting, archery, possibly an upset by Saina or the boxing team is probably the more likely option for another medal. Bindra does look calm.

Viswanathan said...

Tut! Tut! Tut! Girls, restrain yourselves. :)

RS said...

@ottayan - my motive is simply altruistic :) Need some competition for Yuvi's and Dhoni's of the world.

straight point said...

now that it has happened in our life time OTT...we want more...

may this becomes norm than exception...amen!!

RS said...

@sp: I second that.