India's first medal in 2012 London Olympics: Gagan Narang wins Bronze in the 10m air rifle

Indian Shooter Gagan Narang won bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the 10 metre air rifle event with an over all score of 701.1

Romania's Alin George Moldoveanu wins gold with 702.1 points while Italy's Niccolo Campriani takes Silver with 701.5

Share your wishes to the 2012 Olympics First Indian medal winner Gagan Narang here.

Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra is sent out of the London Games by failing to qualify for men's 10-metre air rifle final while Gagan Narang made it with an overall score of 598.Narang was one of the top eight shooters who qualified for the medal round.

Gagan Narang's family hails from Panipat in Haryana, India. Later on his family shifted to Hyderabad. Gagan Narang added 4 gold medals to the Indian tally at the recently concluded 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. In the Men's 10 m air rifle singles event, he shot a perfect 600 which was a new record. Gagan also clinched a silver medal in his pet event at the Asian Games 2010. He also combined with Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput to provide the country with another silver, in the team event behind champions China. Both of his silvers were won on the opening day of Asian Games.

Gagan Narang got both Padma Shri and Arjuna Awards.

Gagan Narang is currently supported by Olympic Gold Quest.




Find below the Bio-Data of Gagan Narang as specified in Olympic Gold Quest Profile page.


Date of Birth : 6th May 1983
Place of Birth : Chennai
Current City of Residence : Hyderabad
Height : 5"11 inches
Weight : 97 kgs
Event : 10 metre Air Rifle and 50 metre 3 position
Weapon used : Walther LG 300
Role Model : Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali
Employed with : Air India as a Assistant manager, Commercial
Favourite Movie : In Pursuit of Happiness
Favourite Movie star : Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz
Favourite Song : White Flag by Dido
Favourite sportsperson : Roger Federer, Michael Schumacher
Favourite Sports to Watch : Cricket and Tennis
Favourite Holiday destination : Langkawi, Malaysia
Best sporting moment : Shooting the World Record in the 10m Air Rifle, a perfect 600/600 at Bangkok during the World Cup Finals in Nov 2008. In the process, he became the only person to shoot a World Record in the World Cup Event
Favourite Cuisine : Chinese
Favourite Restaurant : Mainland China

And, Olympic Gold Quest Website has mentioned below things as Gagan Narang's Major Achievements.

• Gold Medalist (Team), 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Asian championships, Kuwait, 2012
• Bronze Medalist, 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Asian championships, Kuwait, 2012
• Silver Medalist (Team), 10m Air Rifle, Asian championships, Kuwait, 2012
• 2 Silver Medals, 10m Air Rifle (Individual and Pairs), Asian Games, Guangzhou, 2010
• 4 Gold Medals, Commonwealth Games Delhi, 2010
• Bronze Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF World Cup Beijing, 2010
• 4 Golds and 2 silvers in the Rifle Events at VIII Commonwealth Shooting Championships, New Delhi, 2010
• Gold Medalist, 50m Rifle 3 Positions, ISSF World Cup Changwon, 2009
• Bronze Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF World Cup Changwon, 2009
• Gold Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF World Cup Final Bangkok, 2008
• Bronze Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF World Cup Beijing, 2008
• Silver Medalist, 50m Rifle Prone, Asian Championships Kuwait City, 2007
• Gold Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF World Cup Guangzhou, 2006
• Bronze Medalist, 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Asian Games Doha, 2006
• Quadruple Gold Medalist, Commonwealth Games Melbourne, 2006
• Gold Medalist, 10m Air Rifle, Asian Championships Bangkok, 2005

Updates: India's Second medal is the Silver medal won by Vijay Kumar.


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London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony

Updates: Watch the Highlights [Videos] of London Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held at 9 pm BST on 27 July 2012 and will be called "The Isles of Wonder". Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is the artistic director who is co-ordinating and designing the opening ceremony.

The games will be officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

London is going to host Olympics Game third time. It has already hosted the Olympic Games two occasions, in 1908 and 1948.

The Opening Ceremony is a celebration showcasing the best of the Host Nation. It also features a parade of all competing nations and the highly anticipated entrance of the Olympic Flame, which ignites the Cauldron and signals the start of the Games.

Greece will lead the parade, followed by other competing countries in alphabetical order and finally the host nation Great Britain.

The Ceremony will kick off with the sound of the largest harmonically tuned bell in Europe, produced by the Whitechapel Foundry, and the Stadium will be transformed into the British countryside for opening scene ‘Green and Pleasant’, which includes real farmyard animals.

Danny Boyle, Artistic Director of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, said: ‘Our Isles of Wonder salutes and celebrates the exuberant creativity of the British genius in an Opening Ceremony that we hope will be as unpredictable and inventive as the British people.’


Once the Games have been declared open, the Olympic Flag is then carried into the Stadium and hoisted into the air as the respective Anthem is played. The Olympic Charter states that each flag must fly for the entire duration of the Games – placed in a prominent position in the main Stadium.

A total cast of 15,000 will take part in the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies, which will be watched by an estimated audience of four billion.

Indian musician A. R. Rahman said that he had composed a Punjabi song for the opening ceremony. It will be a part of a medley which will showcase Indian influence in the UK. Another Indian musician, Ilaiyaraja's song from Tamil-language film Ram Lakshman (1981), has also been chosen as part of the medley.

Today (July 27, 2012, Friday) Google is showing below Doodle for marking the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

This Doodle is NOT an interactive or animated doodle, just a static image.

The Five athletes in the Doodle may be representing the five continents: Europe, Asia, North-America, South-America and Africa. Based on previous history, Google will be showing new doodle for each day till the end of Olympics Games.

We can see the live updates about the London Olympics Opening Ceremony from this USAToday webpage or you can watch the live streaming from this page.


On July 28th, 2012 Saturday, Google showed below Doodle for representing "London 2012 Archery".

Updates: Watch the Highlights [Videos] of London Olympics Opening Ceremony.

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