overview of india at olympics

Abhinav Bindra with gold medal

Abhinav Bindra has won India's first-ever individual Olympic gold in the men's 10-metre Air Rifle event in Beijing. And he now hopes that his Olympic gold will change the face of sports in the country.

Bindra shot 104.5 to take his total to 700.5 in the final. In ten rounds, he shot 10.7, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6, 10.0, 10.2, 10.8 to clinch the first berth. China's Qinan Zhu won silver while Finland's Henri Hakkinen won bronze.

As he wrote history, the 25-year-old was poise and grace personified, talking about his attaining Olympic immortality and its possible ramifications in a country that remains almost biased towards cricket

Sushil Kumar with bronze medal

Sushil Kumar's ability to grapple with the world's best was known only to the wrestling community till Wednesday when he surprised others by winning the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.

The Dilliwala will hope more Sushil Kumars will spring from the soil of Dilli in the years to come and win medals for the country, as the residents of Bapraula urged.

Vijender Kumar at semi finals(with bronze medal)

Vijender Kumar's defeat in the semifinal of the middleweight boxing event in Beijing did hurt Vijender and his fans alike but at the same time he made a billion hearts swell with pride, as he became the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

His achievement became all the more special as for the first time that India won three medals in the single Olympics (including Bindra's gold and wrestler Sushil Kumar's bronze).

other impressive sport persons of india are

Akhil Kumar

Akhil Kumar fought like a lion to beat World champion Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia in the bantamweight pre-quarterfinals at the Workers’ Gymnasium here on Friday evening. Having announced that he was gunning for gold — and it did not matter whether he met the world No. 1 or anyone else along the way — the 27-year-old Indian boxer scored a memorable victory on Independence Day, though he gave his strong band of supporters an anxious time.

Akhil Kumar lost rather tamely to Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova, 3-10 in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight class, as the Indian contingent struggled to digest the disappointment of a missed medal in the boxing ring at the Worker’s Gymnasium

Jitender Kumar

Jitender Kumar (b.1977) is an Indian boxer who has medaled twice at Commonwealth Games.

Jitender Kumar, admitting himself a close friend of Akhil Kumar has defeated Uzbek rival Tulashboy Doniyorov by 13-6 in pre-quarterfinal of flyweight boxing (51kg) at the Workers Gymnasium. This youngster, who has just completed his teenage, did well in the match and, at no point of the match his opponent seemed matching Jitender’s stamina and punctuality of punches.

Sharing his experience with his boxing teammate Akhil, he happily said that Akhil is his friend, philosopher and guide, and he had helped him immensely in terms of morale. Also, Jitender considers that his style of fighting is similar to one of Akhil’s. He wishes to follow and emulate Akhil and in case of his winning a medal in Beijing, he will dedicate the same to him.

but lost in quarterfinals

Saina Nehwal

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was just one win away from ensuring another individual medal for India after she stunned fourth seed Chen Wang of Hong Kong to move into the quarterfinals of the women's singles badminton event at the Olympics on Monday.

Saina, ranked 15, defeated Wang 21-19, 11-21, 21-11 in a grueling pre-quarterfinal contest at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium there.

but lost in next match