Following the highly decorated event, India\u2019s first individual Olympic gold medallist spoke to IANS and shared his thoughts on what has been a \u2018spirited\u2019 performance by the contingent in Paris.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s been a spirited performance. All our athletes have performed at a high level. We may have six medals to show on our tally but if you really go in-depth into performances, we have never had a (Olympic) Games where our athletes have been so competitive across disciplines, many of them have been close to medaling,\u201d Bindra told IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s Paris Olympics campaign officially reached its conclusion on Saturday, but the country\u2019s medal hopes still live on as the Court of Arbitration for Sports is yet to announce their verdict on Vinesh Phogat\u2019s appeal on her disqualification.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian medal tally ended at six, five bronze and one silver, with half of those coming from the sport that saw Abhinav Bindra win over 150 individual medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale were the stars of the shooting team as they won three bronze medals in their respective categories. The veteran went on to admire their \u2018fantastic\u2019 performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt was fantastic, we have gone back with three medals after two blanks in Rio and Tokyo and even the athletes who did not win came close, many of them made the finals. It was very encouraging,\u201d Bindra concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale were the stars of the shooting team as they won three bronze medals in their respective categories. The veteran went on to admire their \u2018fantastic\u2019 performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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