Abhinav Bindra Defends 10m Air-Rifle National Shooting Title
Abhinav Bindra was on target in the nationals showing once again that he has not lost his appetite for gold medals.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: December 22, 2014 07:14 PM IST
India's only Olympic gold medalist in shooting, Abhinav Bindra showed that despite now being only a hobby shooter he has it in him to continue winning. The 32-year Punjab marksman shot a total of 208 to walk away with the gold medal, defending his 10m air-rifle national title at the ongoing 58th national championships at the Balewadi Shooting Range here on Monday.
Bindra had revealed his decision to only train twice a week just before the 2014 Asian Games where he won a bronze Medal. Army marksman Satyendra Singh finished second with a total of 207, while Haryana's Sanjeev Rajput settled for the bronze with 185. Ironically, Rajput had taken the pole position in the qualifications shooting a total of 624 while Bindra trailed the Haryana marksman by 3 points.
In the team event, the Army team of Satyendra Singh, Chain Singh and Chavanke Ashok won the gold medal shooting a total of 1857.5 points. Punjab finished second with a total of 1846.3 and the Air Force team settled for the bronze with 1842.9.
In the 25m standard pistol, Army marksmen Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh walked away with the gold and silver medals, respectively, shooting a total of 570 and 571 points. Omkar Singh from Navy settled for the bronze medal with a total of 568. In the team event the Army Marksmanship Unit won the gold with 1684 points while the silver went to BSF with 1675 points. The Navy team settled for the bronze medal with 1665 points.