Abhinav Bindra Wins First Ever Individual Olympic Gold Medal in Beijing 2008Olympics.Abhinav won the gold in 10m Air Rifle event. Abhinav Bindra scored 700.5 points in the final.Abhinav Bindra achieved the feat beating China and Finland shooters.
Although India had won 8 gold medals in Olympics hockey, it never won any individual gold medals. This is the first time any Indian won a gold medal in an individual event. The last time India had won an Olympic gold medal was in 1980 Moscow Olympics where the hockey team had claimed the gold.
Between 1928-1956 India at the Olympics, won the gold medal consecutively, 6 times. India played 24 Olympic matches, won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics. For over 20 years, the only triple gold medallists for India were the `Hockey Wizard` Dhyan Chand and goalkeeper Richard James Allen (1928-1936). After the 1956 Olympics, Balbir Singh Sr., Randhir Singh Gentle and Ranganathan Francis became the other triple gold medallists for India (1948-1956).
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