Monday, August 11, 2008

India Goes for Gold!


This years Olympic Summer Games have been full of spectacular visuals and sorrowful moments as many athletes were unable to attend and one coach experienced the loss of a family member. But today, as the Olympics continued one country finally got a taste of what these world games symbolize. India, for the first time in the nation's history, received a gold metal. Abhinav Bindra’s is a shooter who is now the Olympic World Champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. His family reportedly celebrated their sons success at the Olympics by offering sweets at their home to friends and neighbors. Bindra's father, A.S. Bindra, reportedly said to Reuters, "He has won the greatest medal in the world." Bindra's mother joked that her son was now "the country’s most eligible bachelor.” For this and other news pleas go to www.foxnews.com, www.cnn.com or www.yahoo.com.

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