Mr Abhinav Bindra clinched India's first ever individual gold medal at the Olympics, winning 10 meter air rifle event at the Beijing Games . The 25-year-old, who qualified fourth for the event, shot an overall score of 700.5 in a thrilling finale which went right down to the last shot. Bindra's historic feat makes him India's first-ever individual gold medalist, bettering the silver medal feat of double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Athens 2004. Bindra, a Khel Ratna awardee, had earlier won the gold medal in 2002 Commonwealth Games in the pair's event and silver in the individual event.(air)
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