Now, Abhinav Bindra Named Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics

After Salman Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and AR Rahman - the Olympic gold medallist is the IOA’s latest appointment.

Abhinav Bindra with India’s former President Pratibha Patil (R) after returning to India following his gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. (Photo: Reuters)

India’s only individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra has been appointed the goodwill ambassador for the contingent for the upcoming Rio Olympics.

Bindra joins a growing list of goodwill ambassadors for the Indian contingent - following Salman Khan’s controversial appointment last week, Sachin Tendulkar and AR Rahman were added to the list earlier today.

Bindra, himself competing at the Rio games, posted a string a Tweets after receiving the letter from the IOA asking him to come on board.

‘I will be writing to every member of the Indian Olympic team & offering them any help they may want,’ Tweeted Bindra commenting on his commitment to the task at hand.

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