India's champion shooter Abhinav Bindra has been appointed member of the prestigious Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the rare honour adding another feather to his illustrious cap.

Bindra became only the second Indian sportsperson, after badminton ace Saina Nehwal, to be appointed to the IOC's Athletes' Commission. "Humbled and privileged to be appointed a member of the @Olympics Athlete's commission. Look forward to work hard for the athletes and the Olympic movement !" Bindra wrote on his twitter handle. The 35-year-old Bindra, now retired, remains India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, having claimed the top prize in men's 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Games.