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'Can't blame anyone for tampering Bindra's gun' |
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By: Agencies |
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Date:
2008-08-14 |
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Place: BEIJING |
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Deputy chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent, Baljit Singh Sethi said Abhinav Bindra should have been more careful with his gun, which was allegedly tampered with before the final.
"No complaint has been filed about the incident," Sethi said.
"I don't think that helps. Actually, you cannot blame anyone for it's your duty to take care of your gun. He was the only Indian to qualify, so there were shooters only from other countries in that room."
Shooting coach T S Dhillon said this was not the first time that such things happened.
Not the first time
"It happened earlier also. In Abhinav's case, during the sighter series, he was suddenly scoring as low as 4.2 before gradually scores picked up.
"It's another matter that he went on to defy the setback and win the gold, it only goes on to prove how good a shooter he is," Dhillon said.
Bindra had earlier told a newspaper that between the qualifying and final sessions, he went to the rest room.
At the same time, his German coach Gabriela Buehlmann had also gone out for a smoke. It was probably at that time that the unattended gun was fiddled with.
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