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Abhinav Bindra: Bindra made India's Olympics special.
The 25-year-old won India's first ever individual Olympics gold medal with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the men's 10 metres air rifle event.
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: The Athens Games silver medalist failed to make it to the final of the double trap shooting event, finishing 12th among 19 shooters in qualification.
Manavjit Singh Sandhu: The world title holder in the trap event buckled under pressure and could score only 116 out of 125 to finish 12th at the end of the five-round qualifying sessions.
Mansher Singh: He too failed to make it to the final, tallying 117 to finish eighth in qualifying.
Gagan Narang: Failed to make the final cut in the 10 metres air rifle event, finishing ninth with a score of 595/600.
His nightmarish campaign ended with another failure as he failed to qualify for the final of the 50m Rifle 3 Position event. Despite getting a personal best score of 1168, the Hyderabad-based shooter finished 13th in a field of 49 shooters.
Samaresh Jung: Placed a lowly 42nd in the air pistol event with a total 570. He also failed to make the 50m pistol final, finishing a disappointing 42nd in the qualification round.
India's golden boy comes home
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