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This is an archive article published on February 7, 2010

Bindra wins second straight gold

Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra notched up a second top spot in the 10m air rifle event of the 33rd InterShoot tournament in Hague,The Netherlands.

Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra notched up a second top spot in the 10m air rifle event of the 33rd InterShoot tournament in Hague,The Netherlands. The reigning world champion made a shaky start in the qualification with a series of 98 but then shot three consecutive series of perfect 100,100,100 followed by 98 and 99 to register a score of 595. In the final,Bindra shot 103.7 to clinch the title with a total score of 698.7.

On Thursday,Bindra had shot 700.1 (596+104.1) to claim the gold in the first match of the triple competition.

India’s Suma Shirur won the women’s gold with a score of 497.5 (395+102.5). Avneet Sidhu won the silver with a score of 495.5 (393+102.5) while Pournima Zanane finished seventh with a score of 488.1 (389+99.1).

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