The First Olympic Gold by Abhinav Bindra and Foreign Coaches

Our first Gold was brought by Dehradun, Uttarakhand born Abhinav Bindra at the Beijing Olympics. He is originally from Patiala, Punjab. It was a 10 m Air Rifle event. My friends in Garh Nivaas used to tell me stories about how he has been practicing shooting oranges 🍊at the Bindra Farms near Mohkampur.  

Once in the RIVULET edition of erstwhile Big Ma'am s Riverdale School at Balbir Road had Abhinavs photograph with George. W. Bush (Sr) and his trip to Florida that year. I guess it became a talk of our school for half a year, or less if not more. He was my junior then. 

Yes, the Gold medal 🏅,  the only image I have of him now, was of 2008, when he got the medal. One of his kind. We were happy that year. This year, we have got far too many medals.  Very very good. I believe we are capable of doing more. We'll get there. Do we need coaches? Foreign? There is no answer to that. Learning can come from anyone, however there has to be an original source to it. For instance, in the Beijing Olympics. 

Dr. Amit Bhattacharjee and Lt. Col. Dhillon, his then coach were both Indians who first noticed talent in him. Sure he was privileged enough to be seen by the right people and he spent a large part of his shooting training outside India, hence. 

Should you let me know, what you think about seeking support from foreign coaches for Indian Athletes 

Pic source- tentaran