2012 London Olympics, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals
SUSHIL KUMAR
India's star grappler Sushil Kumar won the men's 66kg
freestyle category silver in the London Olympics.
Sushil thrashed Akzhurek Tanatarov of Kazakhastan 9-6
in the semifinals to become first India wrestler to reach
the final of Olympic. After taking 3-0 lead in the first
round, Sushil was down by his opponent in the second
round. However, the Indian wrestler fought back to
score 6 points in the final round, finishing with the
score of 9-6 at London's Riverbank Arena. Sushil had
earlier defeated Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in his
quarterfinal bout. Sushil Kumar won his opening bout against Ramazan Sahin of Turkey, who had won
the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
VIJAY KUMAR
Army sharp shooter Vijay Kumar fought a nerve-wracking battle
with five other top marksmen to clinch the silver medal in the
men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the Olympic Games.
Vijay Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei
Klimov of Russia, Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian and
German Christian Reitz in the 40-shot final to finish runner-up in a
thrilling finale behind Cuba's Leuris Pupo who shot his way to the
gold with a world record equalling score of 34.
The 26-year-old Army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in
the series comprising eight rounds of five shots each.
GAGAN NARANG
Opening the medals account for India, Gagan
Narang won the country its first medal in the
London Olympics 2012. Narang bagged a bronze
medal in the 10m air rifle event.
Narang has won numerous medals in the ISSF
World Cups, World Championship,
Commonwealth Games and the ASIAD, besides
creating a new world record in 2008.
SAINA NEHWAL
Saina Nehwal gave India its maiden medal in Olympic
Games badminton .
Her opponent folded up with a dodgy knee after leading
21-18, 1-0, but Saina was on the threshold of entering the
zone from where she might have dominated this bronze
playoff, getting her tiring opponent to play long rallies,
even as she stumbled, slipped and asked for water breaks
MARY KOM
India's star woman boxer MC Mary Kom, five-
time world champion ensured a piece of history
for herself and the country by fetching a bronze
in the flyweight 51kg category.
"Magnificent Mary", from Manipur, was the
lone Indian in fray when women's boxing made
its Olympic debut in the London Games.
YOGESHWAR DUTT
Yogeshwar Dutt put up a brilliant display of power-
packed freestyle wrestling in the Olympic Games and
won a bronze medal.
The 29-year-old experienced grappler from Sonepat in
Haryana showed tremendous fighting spirit and
exhibited excellent technique against three very strong
rivals in the repechage rounds to clinch India's fifth
medal of the Games.
