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Also Saina has won her pre quarter match. One more medal hope there.
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Aug 11th, 2008, 21:44
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Great news! I saw this just before on NDTV and thought that's wonderful.
Mod Note: I've moved this thread into Sports in India
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Aug 11th, 2008, 21:46
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Men's 10m Air Rifle for those, like me, who were wondering.
 Way to go India! 
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Aug 11th, 2008, 21:54
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Mod Note: Because two threads were started on the same subject I have merged them together. Posts are in chronological order and the title is the one of the first thread started.
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Aug 11th, 2008, 22:29
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the first ever individual olympic gold medalist. imagine.
and i'm sure bindra had to personally scuttle around for finances and sponsorships to get to the Olympic arena. way to go bindra... now aim that gun at the IOC! :brishti |
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Aug 11th, 2008, 22:52
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Brishti, from whatever I have heard, father has pledged a 200 crore hotel in his name! This is second hand information but could be true.
Some news on Bindra junior here and they have a shooting range for him at the farm house! http://mangalorean.com/news.php?news...adcastid=88353 Last edited by mridula : Aug 11th, 2008 at 23:00. Reason: Added link to news |
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Aug 12th, 2008, 02:05
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What an achievement - his family must be so proud!
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Aug 12th, 2008, 06:04
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A job well done...
I think he works on six sigma.... hehe
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Aug 12th, 2008, 07:02
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Thats great news !!!!!
 Congratulations Bindra !!!!   vandy  |
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Aug 12th, 2008, 07:20
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They have auto-rickshaw driving in the Olympics this year?
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Aug 12th, 2008, 12:25
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The media coverage he is getting is unbelievable...
Experts suggest that he will now have the same endorsement power as Dhoni.. |
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 money or no money - the man's a sharpshooter alright!thanks for the trivia mridula :brishti |
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reality check
http://olympics.timesofindia.indiati...ow/3353590.cms
Apologies for being the wet blanket. Yes it's fabulous that India has one - one! - gold medal. However. Keep in mind that the winner comes from a very, very affluent family. Business father in Chandigarh, private firing practice range built at home by Pappa. Chauffeur driven Merc to collect him after the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - while his teammates waiting for the team bus to collect them in the rain ( acc. to today's ToIlet Paper of India anyway, trying to find the link). What shocks me is the alacrity with which the English newspapers 'report' how a young Abhinav fired an empty bottle off the *head of their servant maid* a la William Tell ... and hit the bottle. If he hadn't hit the bottle, and hit the maid instead, it would well have been kept hush hush I imagine. I'd like to see a youtube interview of the maid! Again, sorry to rain on the parade but sometimes, the other side of the coin is well worth knowing.
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