Through a Fabulous Passage Of Time, after experiencing both the highs and the lows, shooting ace Abhinav Bindra is quite composed, focussing on the process, leaving the rest to destiny.
World and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra has still some unfinished business in the world of shooting, as he gears up to make a final bow in his fifth Olympics in Rio.
If achieving his ambition of winning the Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008 showed his capacity to master the sport and overcome an overwhelming negativity in the nation, the passage thereafter has revealed his strong character to bear the pain and attempt to put everything together once again.
The World Championship gold in Zagreb in 2006 was a mere dress rehearsal to the panache he showed in Beijing two years later.
FROM THE NUMEROUS interviews that he gave before leaving home for the final preparation in Germany, the 33-year-old Bindra has been clear that he was more for supporting sports rather than aim to achieve further personal glory. That does not mean that he would not be at his best in Rio.
On the contrary, he has prepared the best.
“I have put in my best efforts for the last year in a holistic way, looking at all aspects of performance,” said Bindra, when contacted in Germany, as he went through stringent training, aimed towards leaving nothing to chance.
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