Pride of India Hisorical Gold By Abhinav Bindra

BEIJING (AP) — Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle Monday, giving India its first medal of the Olympics. The 2006 world champion entered the final in third place but overtook China's Zhu Qinan and Finland's Henri Hakkinen by scoring 104.5 points for the title. ------------------ Abhinav Bindra from India has won the gold medal in the men’s air rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5. Zhu Qinan who won the gold medal at the Athens games, won the silver medal with a score of 699.7. Henri Hakkinen from Finland took the bronze medal, with a score of 699.4