25 Year old, Abhinav Bindra becomes the first ever gold medalist for India in invidual olymbic events in Beijing,China.
He won the gold in men's 10-metre Air Rifle event .
In ten rounds, Bindra shot 10.7, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6, 10.0, 10.2, 10.8 to clinch the first Gold. China's Qinan Zhu won silver; Finland's Henri Hakkinen won bronze.Bindra had shot a total of 596 out of 600, shooting a perfect 100 in 3 of the 6 rounds of the qualifiers. Bindra finished 4th to qualify 2 points behind Henri Hakkinen of Finland.
The much reserved Bindra didn't express any feelings except good smile.
Congradulations to Abhinav Bindra and India.