Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Abhinav Bindra - India's First Olympic Gold Medalist
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January 14, 2017
9 minutes
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In 2008, India won its first ever individual gold medal in the Olympics after nearly 100 years of trying. The winner was a rifle shooter called Abhinav Bindra, who received more than 300,000 letters of congratulations from his fellow Indians. Abhinav Bindra talks to Farhana Haider about his obsessive battle for victory.
PHOTO: Abhinav Bindra with his Olympic gold medal (Getty Images)