India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra bid farewell to the sport after finishing fourth in the 10m air rifle event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
While he may be ready to walk into the sunset, his fans across the world may not get used to not seeing him in the arena any time soon.
To make it easy though, here’s a video celebrating his five Olympic outings, dating back to the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was the youngest Indian in the contingent.
(This story was originally published on 9 August 2016. It is being republished today to mark the anniversary of Abhinav Bindra’s Beijing Gold medal)
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