Shooter Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday(11 august 2008) after he earned the world's second most populous nation its first gold medal in 28 years. Bindra, who Monday became the first Indian to claim an individual gold medal at an Olympic Games when he won the 10-meter air rifle event at Beijing, was described as "India's Goldfinger'' on the front page headline of The Times of India national newspaper.
Bindra emerged triumphant in the 10-shot final with a finish of 104.5, taking his tally of points to 700.5 as against Zhu's silver winning performance of 699.7 (597+102.7) and 699.4 (598+101.4) by Hakkinen, which gave the Finn Army marksman the bronze.
India's previous eight gold medals came in men's field hockey, the last of which came in 1980.
