Sushil winning bronze makes this best olympics for India

1 Gold, 1 Bronze and another medal on the way makes this the best ever olympics for India. Vijender won his quartefinals bout to assure himself of at least a bronze medal in the middleweight class. This makes it three for India in the 29th edition of the Olympics and is a wonderful feeling for every Indian like myself. India won a gold in Hockey in 1980 and had to wait for 28 years to win another one and this time it is even better as we managed to win two more medals on top of that.

When the Indian Hockey team failed to qualify for the olympics, it seemed like a medal hope was lost. Even though the hockey team never performed great in the previous 6 editions before this after 1980, we always thought that they are our best hope to win a olympic medal. What we have seen in the previous years is that there is someone who always stood up to be counted. Even though not many people thought that Leander would win a medal in tennis singles or Malleswari would win a medal in weightlifting, they did the same against the odds.

This olympics has been a great one for India and I hope that this inspires more athletes for the next edition in 2012. India has always found unlikely heroes in olympics to make the country proud and this time we have three. Kudos to Sushil, Abhinav and Vijender. These three have made all the Indians proud. I hope that Vijender goes on to win gold in Boxing to make this olympics even more special for India.

Olympic Gold for India after 28 years…

Its a proud moment for every Indian as Abhinav Bindra got the first Gold medal for India in 2008 Beijing Olympics. This is the first Gold medal for India since the Hockey team got one in 1980. India have got Bronze and Silver in the last few editions of the Olympics but getting a Gold is a great achievement.

Lets all celebrate this great occasion and hope that this inspires more medals for India in Beijing Olympics. Once again congrats to Abhinav Bindra for winning men’s 10 meters air rifle Gold. He sure has made our country proud.