Bindra wins India’s first individual Olympic gold

Bindra wins India’s first individual Olympic gold in Beijing Olympic

The Man With The Golden Gun. 26-year-old Abhinav Bindra of Chandigarh hit bulls eye in Beijing, giving us our first-ever individual Olympic gold

This is the first time that an Indian has won an individual gold since modern Olympics started in 1896. This is the fifth individual Olympic medal for India :

1. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won the first, a bronze in wrestling at the Helsinki Games in 1952.
2. Leander Paes won the tennis bronze in Atlanta Games in 1996.
3. Karnam Malleswari won a weightlifting bronze in 2000 in Sydney
4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver in Athens in 2004.
5. Bindra won India’s first individual Olympic gold in Beijing Olympic 2008