Bindra Shoots Bronze In Men's 10m Air Rifle

INCHEON: Abhinav Bindra ended his shooting career with his first Asian Games individual medal, a bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here.

The 2008 Olympic champion Bindra, who tweeted that Tuesday will be his last day as a professional, recorded a final score of 187.1 to take the third position as China finished one-two with Haoran Yang (209.6) clinching the gold medal and Yifel Cao (208.9) taking the silver.

Bindra looked like finishing fourth till his penultimate round but Iran's Pourya Norouziyan, who needed a 9.9 to ensure his progress after the 31-year-old Indian shot 10.5, scored a poor 9.6 to slip to the fourth spot and handed Bindra a podium finish.

Bindra scored 10.6 and 10.7 in his final two shots but it was not enough to stop the rampaging Chinese duo.

Earlier in the day, Bindra also had led India to the bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle men's team event.

Bindra's individual bronze medal was India's eighth medal in the Incheon Games and sixth from the shooting range.

Bindra's bronze also marks the end of an illustrious career with an elusive Asiad individual medal.

"Tomorrow will mark the end of my professional shooting life. I will, however, still shoot, compete as a hobby shooter, training twice a week," Bindra, who won the gold in the Beijing Olympics, had tweeted.

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