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Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy. He is a perfectionist, who once soled his shoes with rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it would help. He would wake up at 3 am. to practice at his range at home if an idea suddenly struck him. It is from such an incredible obsession that greatness arrives.
But Abhinav Bindra's journey to become the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold, and the first Indian to win a World Championship gold, is far more than that. It is a triumph born of a tragedy. Having driven himself to become a great shooter, he was poised to win gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004. But defeated by a freak occurrence, he changed as a shooter: from a boy who loved shooting, he became an athlete bent on redemption, becoming a scientist who would try anything, including mapping his own brain, to win in Beijing.
About the Author
Abhinav Bindra is India's first and only individual Olympic gold medallist and also the first Indian to win a world championship gold. He has won seventy-eight international medals in the last fifteen years.
Rohit Brijnath has written on sport for 25 years for such publications as Sportsworld, India Today, The Hindu, The Mint, BBC-South Asia website and The Age. He is currently a senior correspondent with The Straits Times in Singapore. This is his first book.
Details of Book : A Shot At History My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold By Abhinav Bindra,Rohit Brijnath : 9789350291122
Title : A Shot At History My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold
Author : Abhinav Bindra,Rohit Brijnath
ISBN : 9350291122
ISBN-13 : 9789350291122
Binding : Hardcover
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