Athens Games champion Zhu Qinan of China won the silver and Henri Hakkinen of Finland the bronze after one of the most thrilling shooting finals in Olympic history. Bindra, who trailed by two points after the qualification round, trumped his rivals in the 10 shot final as he went into the last shot level with Hakkinen on 689.7 points. While Bindra secured his best score of 10.8 in the deciding shot, Hakkinen managed only 9.7 to concede the silver to Zhu, whose last shot was 10.5.
Freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar scored a stunning win over Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov in the extra 30-second period after the third round of the 66 kg category to clinch a surprise bronze medal, when everyone had lost hope after his first round loss in the morning. It was India's second medal of the Games, its first since 1952 in wrestling. It is also only the second time - the first being 1952 - that India have won more than one medal at the same Olympics.
In the morning, Sushil lost to Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine on points. But his slender hopes hung on the results of his conqueror, Stadnik, who went on to reach the final, thereby giving Sushil an extra lease of life as all wrestlers losing to the two finalists then contest the Repechage.Sushil won all his three bouts in the Repechage to clinch a stunning bronze for India.
Indian boxer Vijender Kumar lost against the tough opponent Cuban boxer Emilio Correa Dayeaux in 75 kg boxing semifinal match. However as a loosing semifinalist he won bronze medal and gave India the third medal in the ongoing Beijing Olympics. In the semi final match today Emilio Correa defeated Vijender by 8-5. Vijender gave his best, but Emillio proved to be too much for him.
Its also the time not to forget other Indian boxers Akhil Kumar & Jithender Kumar, who had put in splendid fight before loosing out in quarter final matches.
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