Olympics 2012: Gagan Narang Wins Bronze for India
LONDON : Ace shooter Gagan Narang won India's first medal at the London Olympics today by bagging a bronze medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event. Earlier, Beijing Games gold medallist Abhinav Bindra had crashed out at the qualifying level with a dismal display but compatriot Gagan Narang kep India in the hunt by advancing to the medal round here.Bindra, who scripted history four years ago by becoming the country's first-ever individual gold medallist in the Olympics, shot 594 out of 600 to finish a shocking 16th out of 47 competitors and lost the golden chance of becoming the world's first shooter to win two successive gold medals at the mega event.
However, Narang finished third with 598, a point behind world number 1 Niccolo Campriani of Italy and Romania's Moldoveanu Alin George, who both shot an Olympic record-equalling 599 to stand first and second in the qualifying round at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
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