A baby-faced Chandigarh gunner laid his hands on the most coveted piece of metal in the world of sports but it was a long-haired swashbuckler from Jharkhand who kept the cricket-crazy nation enamoured in an engrossing year for Indian sports. It was quite an Indian August in Beijing as Abhinav Bindra became India's first individual Olympic gold medallist and in the same dizzy fortnight, Vijender Singh traded punches and Sushil Kumar demonstrated his full range of wrestling manoeuvres to bag bronze medals.
Abhinav Binda won 10-m air rifle event in Beijing for India's first ever individual gold.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/watch-indias-bestever-show-in-olympics/81646-5.html
Akhil says that his next ambition is to change the colour of the medal.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/we-must-be-confident-of-our-skills-akhil-kumar/80711-5.html
Vadim Devyatovskiy, Ivan Tsikhan, test positive for high levels of testosterone.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ioc-strips-2-belarusians-of-olympic-hammer-medals/80364-5.html
Vijender feels education is integral to every child's life.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/vijender-kumar-fights-for-free-education-for-children/80166-3.html
Bolt won three golds at the Beijing Olympics while Isinbayeva won pole vault gold.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-isinbayeva-named-2008-athletes-of-the-year/78872-5.html
Gagan Narang shot a world record in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/world-record-holder-narang-eyes-london-olympics/77999-5.html
Bush admitted Phelps's mother reminded him of his mother.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bush-meets-us-olympians-impressed-by-phelps-mom/75356-5.html
Beijing Olympics gold medallist plans to open chain of 500 institutes.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/abhinav-bindras-new-target-opening-schools/74246-5.html
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is the new brand ambassador of Indian boxing.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/boxing-hopes-to-gain-from-sanjay-dutts-association/73470-5.html
He spoke on US Open win, Olympics debacle, Davis Cup and Ganguly.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/davis-cup-captaincy-is-immaterial-to-me-paes/73291-5.html
Natalie is the first amputee athlete to qualify for Olympics and Paralympic Games.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/amputee-athletes-enjoy-beijing-paralympics/73147-5.html
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