Abhinav Bindra conferred with shooting's highest honour by ISSF

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 30 2018 | 8:55 PM IST

India's Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Bindra has been conferred the sport's highest honour for his outstanding services as the chairman of the International Shooting Sport Federation's Athletes Committee.

The 36-year-old Bindra, who remains India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, has been bestowed with the Blue Cross, the ISSF's highest award.

"Extremely humbled to receive the @ISSF_Shooting's highest honour the Blue Cross at the General Assembly in Munich today," Bindra wrote on his twitter handle.

Bindra was succeeded in the post by the legendary American shooter Kimberly Rhode.

"Handing over the @ISSF_Shooting Athletes Committee to the legendary @KimRhode at her first Executive Committee meeting in Munich today !"
Expressing gratitude to the global shooting fraternity, Singh said, "The sport has grown by leaps and bounds under the able leadership of Mr. Rana and it will be a tough task for whoever replaces him, to match up to the lofted benchmarks set."

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First Published: Nov 30 2018 | 8:55 PM IST

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