Indian Gold Medalist Says He 'Just Went For It'

India has captured its first-ever Olympic gold medal ineasily gone to another shooter."I just went for it. It
an individual event, thanks to the steady aim ofwent my way and that is just about it," he said. "I
Abhinav Bindra in the 10-meter air rifle event,mean, on another day somebody else would have
Monday. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on thewon it. On another day, somebody else could have
accomplishment. Newspapers across India are tellingeasily won it. But today was my day."Bindra won the
residents of the world's second most-populous nationair rifle world championship 2006. A back injury forced
about Abhinav Bindra and his winning performance athim to withdraw from the Asian Games in Doha, later
the Beijing Olympics.Gold medal winner Abhinav Bindrathat year.Bindra's win is the only Olympic highlight for
of India on the podium following men's 10m air rifleIndia since it dominated men's field hockey from 1928
shooting finals, 11 Aug 2008No single athlete fromthrough 1956, winning six consecutive Olympic titles.
India had ever captured an Olympic gold medal. TheTwo more team titles came in 1964 and 1980. But
country's last team gold was won 28 years ago, inthe program has degraded to the point where India's
men's field hockey. Bindra says his title could havefield hockey team failed to qualify for Beijing.