Abhinav Bindra wins first ever Individual Olympic Gold Medal for India
The Big Breaking News! India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra created history by winning the first ever individual Olympic Gold Medal for the country. It's Abhinav Bindra, Abhinav Bindra all over the Beijing shooting range. Abhinav won the gold in 10m Air Rifle event. Abhinav Bindra scored 700.5 points in the final.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. The entire country erupted into joy and celebration when the reports of Abhinav Bindra's great victory flashed across the television channels.
It has been a great moment for all Indians that have been dreaming for this for decades. Emotions were high in India, as tearful people stood up when the national anthem was played in the Olympic Stadium at Beijing. President Pratibha Patil, PM Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, BJP leader LK Advani, Sports Minister MS Gill, IOA President Suresh Kalmadi and all leaders and high level sports officials have congratulated Abhinav Bindra for making the country proud. Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh announced a cash reward of Rs. 10 lakh for Bindra. Haryana government has announced a cash reward of Rs. 25 lakh for Abhinav Bindra. In addition, he will get rewards worth Rs. 5 lakh from MP government and a 'lifetime golden pass' from Indian Railways.
The Punjab government will give Rs. 1 crore to Abhinav Bindra for his marvelous feat. It was announced by Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal. The Bihar government has announced a cash reward of Rs. 11 lakh for him. Bihar Government will also name a sports complex after Bindra. Cricket Board BCCI has also announced a cash reward of Rs. 25 lakh for Abhinav Bindra. It's cash and money that are being showered on Bindra after his glorious performance at Beijing.
Abhinav Bindra owed his gold medal to his parents, family and coaches. After winning the gold medal, Bindra said that he hopes that his medal would change the face of Olympics Sports in India. He also said that he became very aggressive, as he had entered the final as fourth. A proud nation salutes its great Hero. Hats off to Abhinav Bindra!
posted by 24/7 News Network @ 9:56 AM
148 comments
148 Comments:
You have created the history man. My heart goes out for you. I am proud of you and so is the whole India.
Sanjay Lall
Nj,USA
You have done India proud Abhinav!!! We are so proud of you...Hatz of to your heroics...
Yes Man ... you have created the history ... very wonderful .... sakkat ....
This is the best gift to the motherland on her 60'th independance Anniversary...hat's off to you Abhinav....we are realy proud of you....JAI HIND
may god bless him.......you have done us all proud...its more like we realizing our dream through him......
We are the Champions !! Shukriya Abhinav is swarna padak ke lite, Humare swatantra diwas ko or azeeez banane ke liye..
great dude..proud of u..
good coverage by u we r very much prod of abhinav bindra hats off to bindra.
They say that a country's well being is reflected by its performance in the Olympics...by winning a gold for India at the Olympics Abhinav Bindra has gave a message to the world....India is emerging...and its emerging fast as a strong, confident and prosperous nation.
Gr8 Job... Making Indians Proud... Keep going Man...
Hey Bindra ...That's wat is called as Real Breaking news...You have broken the grounds to success and pride... Bingo!!
Congrats!!!!Abhinav on this historic victory..We are proud on you.
Kya baat hai yaar .. Congrats Abhinav .. Awesome Stuff :)
great man, you put india not only in the medal list, also in the heart of all the citizens in india and across the world. i am so proud to be an indian.
saravanan
chennai
You have broken that barrier... and this is the biggest motivation for all other individuals in beijing.....now i feel very positive about another medal from our olympic team
Naren Pal Singh Panwar
Mumbai
Dil kush kar diya yaar....
great binndra............ proud 2 b an indian.......... u rocking...
chukk te fatte!!!
Come on, You made us Proud.
Keep Going!!!
You have shown to the world that Arjun Of Mahabharat is not a myth and so is an INDIAN winning the GOLD in Olympics. You have made your country proud .. you are truly a blessed one.
Many congrats to Indians and to your mom and dad .. Enjoy this moment its priceless.. :)
tusi great ho mere bhai god bless you
We are proud of your achievement.
U have made us proud man!!!!Congrats!!!
We are proud of you - Abhinav "THE REAL TORCH BEARER"
Nikhil Joshi
Ahmedabad
You have created HISTORY !!!!!!!
God bless u .........
Great yar! We are proud of u Abhinav. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
You have made us proud and it really feels excited to see India on medal tally with a GOLD medal:-)
Great job done ABHINAV.
Abhinav, We are all proud of you. Our hearty congratulations, this is a great step ahead for India in Sports. With Best Wishes, Venkatesha
15 th augestko har ek Tiranga ab shanse laharayega.it is very very great achivement ones again heartly congrats.neva _barshi
great job man...
1st man to get a gold in 112 yr old olympic history..speaks volumes for u...u ve made whole of india proud..
Congrats ABHINAV... We are all proud of U.............
Very Good Bindra. We are very proud of you.
We're proud of you ABHINAV.
You have made us very proud ...
May God Bless you..
We love you Abhinav
From Prashant Cobra & sumant
Hats off
Great Achievement
http://summergames.lenovo.com/?page_id=143&language=en
thank u abhinav
supriya
Great show abhinav.. u have made India proud !!!!
We are proud of you
snehadri
south korea
hey abhinav,
this is absolutely fantastic!!!
Good work Bindrs, You have made every Indian speacil on the occation of the 60 annvirsory of freedom, You simply entered you name in indian history for games. While other players of country will motivated themselves, Thank you for making this day memorable for all of us.
That is really a wonderful achievement!!!
Very proud of you!!!
Keep the good work goin !
:)
Ashwini
Ohhhhh my gooooooood !!!
That's amazing !!!
WE PROUD of you Abhinav, God bless you, Hamari Umar tujhe lag jayeee
Oyeeeeeee
Hureeeeeeeeeeeeee
Balle balle
Yahooooooooooooooooooooooo
God bless you. The entire nation of 1 billion plus is proud of your individual achievement
We r proud on u Abhinav. May God bless u
Congratualation !! you made our country proud ...cheeeerrrrrrs
S rathi
congrats Abhivav....
all the best
Dear Abhinav, Our heart goes for you......many many Olympics have come and gone, we had missed it hard, we also had missed by a whisker...we had cried hard for this day....and today 11th Aug 2008, we have made it....
This is the humble beginning and Abhinav, the whole of India is re-joying the moment of pride, moment of hard work and the moment of GLORY....THIS IS THE CRACKER FROM THE GUN MASTER......WE SALUTE THE GREAT HERO
Buddy,,Yu are Special....
Great Acheivement....
Kiran
Hyderabad.
Congratulation India proud on you.
Wonderful Job !!! ....... really this mindblowing performance of Abhinav has given a new inspirational dimension to indian sports. We hope such a more pathbreaking records......
Keep it Up !!! :)
All D Best..
Sukhdev, New Delhi
Love you Abhinav, from an extremely ordinary citizen of India.
grt performance dear,
u have done india proud
Thanks! Abhinav, at least making us proud once. Thanks alot and keep going it. Now we can say with proud...........Bharat Maata ki Jay !.......Anurag Tomar, India
cong. to all indian and ahvinav too.........today abhinav made a history..........
chak te phatte!!!!
How long one has to wait for this moment. I am 33 and I haven't seen an Indian (individual) receiving the gold in olympic.
I thought it will not happen in my life time (though I am not a big pessimist )
Abhinav... you are the man... Congrtulations... enjoy each and every moment of it man...
celebrations are awaiting you back home too,...
-GG
brilliant news..
great achievement Avi..
Abhinav you have made me so proud to be indian today , you have no idea. I am happier today than i was the day my 1st child was born. Proud to be indian thanks to you
Sanjay J Kapoor,
Mumbai, India
its amazing.......we all love u...best of luck for your bright future
the gold medal in beijing olympic is a start, and you will be the hero to start this, india will win more medals in this olympic and future olympics, infrastructure for players need to create, we have telent in the country, need to shape the telent so that they can win at all competitions.i hope like other part of world goverments offers great rewards to the winning players , india govt will also offer to bindra.Its just Start , hum kishi se kam nahi
Better than the best... Heartiest Congrates Abhinav...nobody gives such a wonderful gift on Independence Day Occassion to all the Indians.... We proud of you....
Thank you so much for making every Indian happy....
Snehal, Pune
U rocked man...congrats!!
we are all proud of u!!!
Oh God this is like dreaming. ALthough this should not have been a reaction for a 100 billion people's nation, we all should feel very proud of Bindra's achievement.
This is terrific.
This is the sign of India's firepower that is emerging in sports too.
First ever individual gold.
We r proud of Bindra.
Great going.
chak de phatte
Oye
Balle balle
teri to zindagi ban gayi yaar aur apni bhi
Congrats Abhinav you have made Indians proud :)
We Indians in Afghanistan feel very proud of U Abhnav.We egerly waited for this moment of glory.Congratulations.....
finally we have got a champion.finally indian national anthem hits in olympic.thanks to abhinav bindra. we are proude of you abhinav .
just thanks abhinav.
Congradulations Abhinav!!!
Excellent yaar.
Roopa
Bangalore
I had thought that in my life time I would never hear the national anthem sung in the olympics..Its indeed a great moment and abhinav should be given the highest laurels and award...We love you Abhinav
Congrats Abhinav! You made India proud. Chakde India!!!!!
kya baat hai bhaiya.....phod diya...sahi mein majaa aa gaya...
congrats yaar....desh ka naam roshan kar diya...
cheers for abhinav....
Abhinav was in good form going into the olympics.... no wonder he did so well!!
Well done Abhinav!! Well done India....
looking forward to other medals in the following days of the games!!!
Congrats!At last,you have done it and made us proud.India is very busy after cricket and I think other sports always been neglected.Govt,business tycoons and the private companies spent money like water after crickters,but still they could not able to bring world cup within 25 yrs.We celebrate SILVER JUBILEE of the world cup.Really awesome! It is very shameful that India is having more than 100 crore of people,but after watching the olympic perfomance it seems we live in Antertica.ABHINANDAN TO ABHIINAV.
Great man!!! You are our pride & inspiration to all the youngesters & will remain so for generations to come!!!
You will inspire me to do the BEST whatever I lay my hands on to. Thanks for that gift.
Proud of you.
---Vivek Sharma
Dude! great job.
Joker: "If u r best at somethin, do it for ur nation"
congratulation!!!!!!no words to explain the most wonderful occasion for indians after almost 28 years.we all have to stand and salute you,the real hero.
Parveen adlakha
Ghut ke Jhappi pa Ke,
Bindra nu gal naal la ke,
Chakk De India Ga ke,
Khushi manao baiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Gold medal jityea eeeeeeeeeee.
HEY MAN U HAVE DONE A GR8 JOB BUDDY .U DON KNW WHAT A KINDA GIFT U HAVE GIVEN TO THE NATION .INDIA IS PROUD OF U BUDDY ,WE ARE PROUD OF U
what a gift from son to mother land on her independence ,
making every oone happy in the family,
Thanks alot brother !!
Regards,
Rishi
Thanks Abhinavji. U r a winner of Indian Hearts. All Indian Hearts are with ur great happy moment... Baldev, Ahmedabad
dont know whta to write..its simply thrilling..exciting..we r so proud of u BINDRA...
Abhinav,
I salute you for making my India's head held high. Now we can also stand shoulder to shoulder with other 'Olympic Gold' countries. Thanks a lot buddy.
Anand
Congratulations Abhinav !! Good work specially in situations where Cricket seems to have eclipsed all other sports in India.
Well, in the euphoria that's going to follow (u know whats going to happen when the Olympic squad returns) of India winning its first Individual event gold ever..
I have a second thought..a gold medal here and there must be going unnoticed in countries like China and USA..no ?
Miles for India to cover before talking about being in league with Great nations and this is just one aspect of it.
Watch Abhinav Bindra Photo Gallery
http://www.maathiyoose.com/2008/08/abhinav-bindra-olympic-gold-medalist-photo-gallery/
congrate bindra & all indian
Congrats.........man, we are so proud of you.........god bless you.......
You have made the whole Indian's Proud.. Hats of to u man.. Congratulations! We are proud of You!May God Bless You!
This is totally awesome stuff!
Heartiest congrats to Abhinav.
Am sure he will inspire a lot of budding sportpersons in India to strive for excellence and not give up. Cheers!
Great man..
very good job done!!!
Congratulations!!
shine like a star..
We are proud of you,These events makes you and reminds you of being an Indian and the whole country is proud of you
SHIRAZ KIRMANI
NEW DELHI
great Abhinav...Whole India has only one topic...
on mails.. on phones..everywhere..
You did it!!
Proud of you!!
Very good thing, we are congradulate you, but for Indian Gov. why they are not doing anything for sports and related they are consider all mind and money for the dirty cricket business.
Shoukath Mappatukara
Saudi Arabia
You have won proud for whole country this is going to be the Golden History. God Bless you. I am feelingproud with tear in my ears I would like to have this kind of tears for my country proud
You have won proud for whole country. Much awaited tears are now out of controll. God Bless You.Keep Indian National Anthem running forever.
you made history . salute to you man. i was never had tht much happiness, even after T20I win.
you are one in 150 crores
u make them all proud.
IIT kanpur
you made history . salute to you man. i was never had tht much happiness, even after T20I win.
you are one in 150 crores
u make them all proud.
IIT kanpur
Thank you so much abhinav for this great feeling,,, will remember this day in your name...
Anil Lobo
Bangalore
This is the most amazing news comming from Beijing. It a proud moment for a country starved of international sucess in sport. Abhinav is now in the league of Vishy Anand, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Prakash Padukone...
Great to hear that a Indian won a individual Gold Medal in Olympics. With this medal all Indian sportspersons might have motivated themselves to get more at Olympics out there. I congratulate you, Abhinav Bindra, for winning this honorable medal and keep this spirit high. Every INDIAN might be feeling proud of you. Congratulations once again.
This is the best thing that ever happened to Indian Sports. More than winning the cricket world cup or anything.
Congratulations Abhinav Bindra
o mi
god
u did dat
oohhh
woaahhhhhhh
u r amezing
thnkuuuuuuuuu
soooooooo much
from all my country
you are Michael Phelps of INDIA
infact you are more than him.
you made whole country happy.
now Indian people should realize there in life beyound cricket.
Thank you so much abhinav for this great feeling,,, our country will remember this day in your name... It a proud moment for our country starved of international sucess in sport. I congratulate you, Abhinav Bindra, for winning this honorable medal and keep this spirit high. Every INDIAN might be feeling proud of you. Congratulations once again.
Thank you Abhinav, Thank you, Thank you very much……….
Salute to you man………………
Yes offcourse whole INDIA will SALUTE you………
BY.
Alam khan.N
Trichy, Tamilnadu.
This is great Abhinav. Congrats!
May you keep up the name of our country.
Congrats Abinav, It is begining, you showed the path, hope rest will follow.
Janda Uncha Rahe Hamara.
JaiHind
Congrats Abinav, It is begining, you showed the path, hope rest will follow.
JaiHind
No need to give cash prize. Make him sports minister.
Congradulations Abhinav
The whole nation is proud of you man..
Hi Abhi,
its really good see INDIA in gold medal list.
Thanx for your great effort to do so.
-Rraghav-
its a great for india and proud to be indian
Hi Abhinav,
You made us feel proud forever!!!
India would treasure you and your achievement forever. You honoured your mother nation in the best way. Hats Off!!!
God bless you, Brother.You recomfirmed my belief that for most of the walls that pulls us back exists only in our minds.Today you have broken all those mental locks(mental barriers).
Dear Bindra, Heartiest congrats. At last, Mother India is proud to have a son like you who have creted history. I am really confident that Mother India shall also give birth to such sons like you. We cherish the moments of glory. Congrats to your parents too.
Shashi Shekhar Singh Negi
we all are proud of you dear.GOD BLESS YOU,muahhhh
Rekha kumar
New Delhi
Abhinav Bindra create a new history for olympic.
We are very proud on you Abhinav.
Thanks Abhinav,
Today you brought the nation together. This was like a dream come true and that also on the best moment. Its not the medal that matters but its the passion of the Country which you have showed to the world. The message to the world is clear that "Be ready for India".
CHAKDE India
Arman Nagori
Thanks Abhinav,
Today you brought the nation together. This was like a dream come true and that also on the best moment. Its not the medal that matters but its the passion of the Country which you have showed to the world. The message to the world is clear that "Be ready for India".
CHAKDE India
Arman Nagori
Bindra U r the man India looking for. U made india and indians proud. U deserve it. Keep up the golden effort...India will remember for ever.
Krishna,
Singapore
Hi Abhinav,
I m feeling very proud.
Thanks a lot for such a great efforts!!
Every indian must proud of you.
Anil Agarwal
Thank you sir ....
Because of the hard work of yours.. I can walk with my head high . I can now confidently say " Yes we have the potential " . And nobody will say "Dont give excuses".
When we watch the television .. specialy outside India.. we deeply peep through it to see if we realy have an identity and you made us confirm that we have "much bigger "than we think
Thank you sir once again for making us walk with our head high
Thanks
Satish
congrats.
u r the real superstar of india.
Regards
RCM,IGATE- BLR
Every achivement is looking easy for indians & India after winning Gold medal by you. You have touched the deepest nearve of 1 billion indians.
Hat's off to you.
From a country of 1 billion people
Pravin Kumar
Doha Qatar
Being an Indian we are proud of Bindra as he snatched the gold medal in just 3 days and we were waiting it for 27 years.
Thank you Abhinav for making every Indian proud this day onwards! A turning point indeed in Indi's Olympic history.
Dinesh P
Bangalore
Great Man...!!!u have rocked. Congrats on this great achievement..
Great thing young man ,You have shown the whole WORLD that the Genetic Software of Indians is the BEST in the World.Imoossible is NOTHING. CONGRATS
DR.MUKESH SHARMA
NIOH,Ahmedabad
you are the best man...you are the legend for us dude...thank you for doing this to india and securing our respect between other country
Congrats !.....Hats off 2 u...u make us proud....
Congradulations Abhinav
The whole nation is proud of you man..
great man
u have done wat v want
v r proud of u
Heartfelt wishes & Congratulations to Abhinav Bindra for making all Indians proud.I salute his determination,focus & consistency in putting in lot of sweat to bring a Gold Medal to our country.Bravo......!!
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Did you even think India would win a medal, let alone a gold? Did you have faith in our athletes? Had you actually heard of Abhinav before today?
We at iwebie [http://www.iwebie.com/abhinav-bindra-wins-gold-at-beijing-2008-olympics]
too wish Abhinv our heartiest congratulaton. However, ours was a site where more than 100 India sports enthusiasts debated India' medal hopes and chances. Read about all the sentiments and emotions of the people here [http://www.iwebie.com/indias-2008-beijing-olympics-dreams]
It has all information about Abhinav's win, including videos and links to his profile etc.
Moreever, you can also get involved in the debate that has been going on since the games began about India's chances at the 2008 Olympics and what needs to be done to improve sports.
Abhinav Bindra clinches India's first gold. Congrats Abhinav. You have made the Country Extremely proud. Just watched your video here http://www.iwebie.com/abhinav-bindra-wins-gold-at-beijing-2008-olympics and its simply superb.
u hav got in to history man aswell as in to every indians hearts ....
we r proud of u ........
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Gr8 work man .. u make us proud
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Hey Dude, What a surprise? U made not only India proud, but also your lovely parents...I wish you good luck ...
Arun, Chennai
Abhinav:
You did it !! You made 1.1 billion people proud and I'm one of them !!
The gold medal you won is more significant than India sending a man on to moon....and it's a historical moment for India and it's people.
I hope your gold medal will inspire younger generation to win more medals in future olympics and you paved the way for it.
Myself and my team at Sneha Diagnostics feel very proud of your great achivement.
Very best wishes,
Mohan Kakarlapudi
Founder and Chairman
Sneha Diagnostics
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You have broken that barrier... and this is the biggest motivation for all other individuals in beijing.....now i feel very positive about another medal from our olympic team
We are so proud of You Abhinay , you are inspiration to many people ..Great job.....
Raman Arya from California, USA
Awesome dude. God bless you and hopefully you will keep on going like an energizer bunny. Hats off to you ...
Hi Abhinav,
Congratulations!!! This is just a beginning. You have to get many more in future. Rest all Indian representatives don't be Sunthusht with One Gold medal, at least attempt to compete with countries like China. India should compete with China in many aspects not in population.
Regards,
Ravi.
Hail Bindra for the awesome feat and making us all proud .. But this also stimulates us to think of the drear situation Indian sports is in. I think it was the same person (IOA president) who sometimes back said that India shouldn't be expecting any medals this Olympics. Bindra put in his personal investment into his training which has bore fruits today. Sports ministry should be ashamed that such talented sportsmen get zero or negligible support from the nation.
With a population of over 1 billion, i.e. 1/6th of the world's population we had to wait for an individual gold since the start....
you have done something which was only hoped by every Indian....
I thank you for that...
thanks ABHINAV for that GOLD MEDAL. CONGRATSSSSSS......
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