Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra clinched the gold in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the 8th Asian Air Gun Championships held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi. This is the first international shooting competition to be held in India after a gap of almost five years, the last being the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.
- The 32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle event, shot 208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan’s world number eight Yurkov Yuriy (206.6) and Korea’s Yu Jaechul (185.3) on the first day of competition.
- Gagan Narang, who won a bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event in 2012 London Olympics, finished fourth with a score of 164.5 while another Indian, Chain Singhwas two places below at seventh after notching up 122.7.
- India won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle team event too with Bindra, Narang and Chain Singh shooting a total of 1868.6.
Bindra is already qualified for the Rio Olympics 2016 which will hold in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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