Abhinav Bindra: India's Golden Boy..!!
It seems my prayers as well as of the prayers of the one billion population has finally been answered. We have finally a reason to celebrate a sportsman, and that reason is not cricket. An incredible win at the 10m Air Rifle event and it must have taken more than mere prayers for Abhinav Bindra to achieve this. India finally clinches an Olympic gold after 28 years and its first ever in an individual event . Really it came as a pleasant surprise when i happened to see the news on television. At a time when everyone least expected, we have made it to the medals tally on the just the 3rd day of the games...!! For those of you who missed it, here is the points table of the finals of the 10m Air Rifle event. And see how close the competition was...!! Amazing..! 1. Abhinav Bindra (India) 700.5 2. Zhu Qinan (China) 699.7 3. Henri Hakkinen (Finland) 699.4 4. Alin George Moldoveanu (Romania) 698.9 5. Konstantin Prikhodtchenko (Russia) 698.4 6. Peter Sidi (Hungary) 698.4 7. Stevan Pletikosic ...