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Abhinav Bindra became India's first individual Olympic gold medallist when he claimed the men's 10m air rifle shooting title on Monday. Bindra finished with 700.5 points, to edge out Zhu (China) who had 699.7 points for the silver. Hakkinen (Finland)got the bronze with 699.4. Now India standing Third position in Shooting medals table. The previous best was trap shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore's silver at Athens, while there were bronze medals for wrestler Khasaba Jadhav (1952), tennis star Leander Paes (1996) and woman weightlifter Karnam Malleswari (2000).
Abhinav Bindra became India's first individual Olympic gold medallist when he claimed the men's 10m air rifle shooting title on Monday. Bindra finished with 700.5 points, to edge out Zhu (China) who had 699.7 points for the silver. Hakkinen (Finland)got the bronze with 699.4. Now India standing Third position in Shooting medals table. The previous best was trap shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore's silver at Athens, while there were bronze medals for wrestler Khasaba Jadhav (1952), tennis star Leander Paes (1996) and woman weightlifter Karnam Malleswari (2000).