Internet Desk : The only Olympic gold medalist for india and a part of the Indian contingent for five Olympic events since Sydney in 2000, master shooter Abhinav Bindra recently said the scribes that recently concluded Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as his favourite among all the Olympics he had participated.
He also said he was pleased with his attempt. He added, “Out of my five Olympics appearances, my absolute favourite is Rio because I gave everything to it in terms of preparation. I gave it all what I had on that day. I prepared to the best of my ability.”
He added, “In the last one month, I thought hard if I could have done anything different in my preparation. But there is nothing I could have done differently other than shoot a better shot in the shoot-off. That gives me a lot of satisfaction.”
Regarding any rethinking on his decision to retire, Bindra added he had no regrets about his career and it was the perfect time to end his rich career . “That has given me closure to my sports career because I’ve no regrets. It’s a fine feeling,” said the five times olympian.
During a a question that why he picked the Rio Olympics 2016 over the Beijing Olympics in 2008, where he won the first gold medal for India he didn’t answer much as he will disclose all this in his upcoming book, he replied, “I had several challenges during my last Olympic journey which I would be updating in my book .So I don’t want to talk too much about the exact challenges I faced.”
Remembering his defeat at Athens Olympics Games in 2004 at the age of 21, he said the failure in Athens later helped him in the Beijing Games.
“Athens changed it all for me at age of 21. That was when I was in the best form of my career. I had broken the Olympic record and reached the final in third place. Of all my Olympics, it was my easiest chance to win a medal. In the final I dropped to the seventh place which was very heartbreaking as I thought I had shot well.
“Later I realized that the tile where I was standing on position No. 3 was loose. It was like a standing on a trampoline. But what it taught me was the detachment from the result. So when I got to Beijing I was very process driven and wanted to give my best in every single shot.”