Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual gold medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics.
The gold medal is India’s first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place while Finn Henri Hakkinen faltered on a final shot and [...]

China has claimed its second Olympic gold and its first shooting medal of the Games, as Pang Wei won the men’s 10m air pistol shooting event.
The 2006 world champion and pre-Games favourite won convincingly with a score of 688.2. Jin Jong-oh of South Korea took silver and Kim Jong-su of North Korea claimed bronze in [...]

Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic had the honour of winning the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the women’s 10m air rifle event. Lioubov Galkina of Russia claimed the silver, and Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia took bronze.
There was disappointment for the home fans as China’s defending champion Du Li failed to get [...]