The moment it became clear that the pair of world record holder Gagan Narang and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra had won India its first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in the 10m air rifle shooting event yesterday, all Indians, including officials present at the Dr Karni Singh Stadium, broke into a massive celebration
The moment it became clear that the pair of world record holder Gagan Narang and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra had won India its first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in the 10m air rifle shooting event yesterday, all Indians, including officials present at the Dr Karni Singh Stadium, broke into a massive
celebration.u00a0
The serenity of the shooting range, which was sporadically disturbed by shots of gun pellets, was all of a sudden engulfed by a huge din of claps, cheers and mubaraqans. And all this despite the fact that the competition was still in progress.
The England pair of James Huckle and Kenny Parr, which eventually clinched silver, had not finished with their shots yet.u00a0 "We train for such things. People do clap when other shooters finish. All teams do that. We can handle such things. It's a part of our training. Whenever you hear all those strange kinds of noise from behind, you tend to stop and start again. But it is routine for us," Huckle said dismissing the incident lightly.u00a0
Meanwhile, speaking about the event, Huckle said that he was up against the best in the business. "This is such a big step leading up to the Olympic Games. It's a massive achievement. I was eyeing gold but these two Indians are the best in the world. They have so much experience. When pitted against them, all you can do is give it your best shot," Huckle said.
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