Abhinav Bindra: The man who changed Indian Olympic history

阿比纳夫·宾德拉: 改写印度奥运史的人

August 11 2008, , - Flashback - 25-year-old Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra shoots a near perfect 10.8 in his final shot in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event. Almost immediately he knows he has won an Olympic medal. But he's not sure where exactly on the podium he will be standing. The fans inside the Olympic shooting range in and those watching on television though know instantly, thanks to the scores displayed on monitors and TV screens - Bindra has won the gold medal. He has re-written India's Olympic history by becoming the country's first individual Olympic gold medallist.

2008年8月11日，在奥运会上，25岁的印度射击运动员阿比纳夫·宾德拉在男子10米气步枪的最后一枪射出了近乎完美的10.8环。他几乎立刻就能确定自己赢得了一枚奥运奖牌，但他不确定自己将站在领奖台上的哪个位置。因为在监视器和电视屏幕上显示的比分，奥运射击场内的观众和在电视上观看比赛的观众都能立即知道，阿比纳夫获得了金牌。他成为印度首位个人奥运金牌得主，改写了印度的奥运历史。

Fast forward 10 years and he is still the only individual Olympic gold medallist from India. Abhinav, recalling the moment he won the gold told TimesofIndia.com "I realised I had won the gold when I went to my coach and asked her. I obviously knew I had done enough to win a medal but I wasn't sure if it was the gold medal. And when I went and hugged my coach Gabby, that is when I realised that I had won a gold medal."

10年过后，他仍然是唯一一位印度奥运个人金牌得主。回忆起赢得金牌的那一刻，他告诉印度时报：“当我走向教练并问她时，我意识到我已经赢得了金牌。我知道自己的成绩足以获得一枚奖牌，但我不确定这是不是金牌。当我去拥抱我的教练Gabby时，我意识到自己赢得了一枚金牌。”

It's not surprising perhaps that Abhinav didn't know he had won the gold immediately. After all his single minded focus on the process itself is now the stuff of legend. Somehow through his career he managed to detach himself from the desired end result and stay focused on the job at hand. It's something that he talks about in his autobiography and will no doubt feature prominently in the Abhinav Bindra biopic that is in the works. Even after a medal was won, it was the process that gave him more satisfaction than the medal itself. It might not be the mantra that works for every athlete, after all, the incentive of a medal is a huge motivation, but it worked for Abhinav.

也难怪阿比纳夫不能立即知道自己已经赢得了金牌，毕竟他一心一意关注比赛过程本身，如今他已成为传奇。在他的职业生涯中，他设法使自己脱离了理想的结果，并专注于手头的工作。这是他在自传中谈到的内容，毫无疑问，这将是正在拍摄中的阿比纳夫·宾德拉传记电影的重要部分。即使是在获得奖牌之后，这个过程给了他比奖牌本身更多的满足感。对每个运动员来说，这可能并不适用，毕竟奖牌是一种巨大的激励。

When asked what he thinks of the Olympic medal he won in 2008, Bindra told TimesofIndia.com, "(If it was up to me) I would put the medal in a kitchen cabinet or something like that. I am not particularly sentimental or emotional about the actual piece of metal. What I really am emotional and close to is the whole journey of 22 years, striving to win a gold medal. Looking back it's not that piece of metal which is gratifying to me or which gives me a sense of pride, but my journey which gives me a sense of pride."

当被问及对自己对2008年获得的奥运奖牌有何看法时，阿比纳夫告诉印度时报，“如果更愿意把奖牌放在橱柜之类的地方。对于那块金牌，我并不是特别多敏感。真正让我感动的是22年争取金牌的奋斗历程。现在回想起来，并不是那块金牌让我感到满足或者让我感到骄傲，而是我的奋斗旅程让我感到骄傲。”

Perhaps it was this ability of his to stay focused on the process that gave him the confidence to shoot the way he did in the finals in . He finished fourth in qualifying in the 10m Air Rifle event and then upped the ante in the finals. His final shot was a near perfect 10.8 and it helped him beat defending champion Zhu Qinan of as an Indian finished on top of the Olympic podium in an individual sport for the very first time.

他在10米气步枪资格赛中获得第四名，然后在决赛中的最后一枪射出了接近完美的10.8环，使他击败了卫冕冠军朱启南，这是印度人第一次在个人项目上登上奥运领奖台。

Remembering that historic final fondly, Abhinav said, "The final of the Olympic Games in 2008 were the 10 best shots of my life. When I went into the Olympics in 2008, I was not very outcome driven. I was so immersed in the process of competing. I was so immersed in the process of executing my skill to the best of my ability that all I cared for was to do my best on every single shot. And I was able to achieve that in those ten shots under the greatest amount of pressure that I felt and encountered ever in my life and that itself was the greatest victory for me".

阿比纳夫深情地回忆起那次具有历史意义的决赛，他说:“2008年奥运会决赛是我打出一生中最佳的10发。参加2008年奥运会时，我并不是很注重结果。我沉浸在比赛过程中，尽我最大的能力去执行技巧，我所关心的就是在每一次射击时尽我最大的努力。在这十次射击中，我顶住了一生中最大的压力，这本身就是我最大的胜利。

After the initial euphoria settled down some people pointed out that the fact that Abhinav's parents built an indoor personal shooting range for him was a big help. A luxury that most other shooters can't afford. Talking to TimesofIndia.com, Abhinav's father Apjit Bindra said, "I would say that (for) a person at his level, a personal shooting range is not a luxury but a requirement. He has to train at odd hours. And that keeps him totally focused on the sport and we were very happy that we provided him this facility so that he is only a few yards away from his home and could shoot without being disturbed and without having to go out and travel to shooting ranges".

在最初的兴奋平静下来后，一些人指出，阿比纳夫的父母为他建了一个私人室内射击场，这对他有很大帮助。这是大多数其他射手都无法承受的奢侈。在接受印度时报采访时，阿比纳夫的父亲Apjit Bindra说:“我想说的是，对于他来说，私人射击场不是一种奢侈，而是一种需求。他不得不在业余时间训练，这让他完全专注于这项运动，我们很高兴能为他提供这项设施，这样他就能在离家几步之遥的地方进行射击训练，而且不会受到干扰，也不必外出去射击场。”

But Abhinav's story is so much more than just the privileges he enjoys. If all it took to become a world class athlete was affluence, world sports would have overall been very different.

但阿比纳夫的故事远远不止是他享受的特权。如果成为世界级运动员所需要的只是富足，那么世界体育运动的整体情况就会大不相同。

In 1998 Abhinav became the youngest participant at the Commonwealth Games at the age of 15. But from the very begng he had to overcome obstacles. He had -2 power in both eyes when he took up shooting and it later went up to -4 and he had to have corrective surgery. In 2006 he was hit by a career-threatening spinal injury. He was forced to pull out of the Doha Asian Games. But he persevered. Talking to TimesofIndia.com, his personal physiotherapist Digpal Singh Ranawat said, "Abhinav is a person who remained completely honest, committed and dedicated to his goals, so, whenever he faced any form of injuries or health challenges he faced them head on through world class rehabilitation and continuous bio-mechanical corrections throughout his career."

1998年，15岁的阿比纳夫成为英联邦运动会最年轻的参与者。但从一开始他就必须克服障碍。当他开始射击的时候，他的双眼都有-2的视力，后来达到-4，他不得不进行矫正手术。2006年，他因脊柱受伤而受伤，被迫退出多哈亚运会。但是他坚持下来了。他个人理疗师Digpal Ranawat告诉印度时报“阿比纳夫是一个完全诚实、忠诚、致力于自己目标的人，因此，在整个职业生涯中，每当他面临任何形式的伤病或健康挑战时，他都会通过世界级的康复和不断进行的生物机械矫正来直面这些挑战。”

The gold medal in was the biggest highlight of Abhinav's career. But the top prize also brought with it a crisis. At the age of 25 he had to ponder if his best phase was already behind him. Abhinav explained that further, saying, "Victory also comes with a certain crisis and that was the crisis that I had. For 15 years I had woken up every single day with a goal in mind and that was to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. And one fine day in 2008, in August I had this gold medal in my pocket and I didn't know what to do after that. The gold medal created a huge void in my life."

奥运会金牌是阿比纳夫职业生涯中最大的亮点。但最高奖项也带来了一场危机。在他25岁的时候，他不得不思考自己的最佳时期是否已经过去了。阿比纳夫进一步解释说:“胜利也伴随着某种危机，15年来，我每天醒来都怀着一个目标，那就是在奥运会上赢得一枚金牌。在2008年8月一个晴朗的日子里，我口袋里揣着这枚金牌，之后我不知道该怎么办了。金牌给我的生活造成了巨大的空虚。”

10 years down the line Abhinav's achievement still remains a rare feat and India's gold finger continues to remain the straight-shooter he always was. He has retired from professional shooting and the 2008 gold remains his only Olympic medal. But that shiny piece of metal did more than just propel him to super stardom, it taught him something very valuable. Talking about that, the 35 year old said, "With every experience in life comes a learning. And my learning is to try and make the best of life and to try and be the best that you can be every single day. Perhaps nothing in my life can match the great thrill that I had after wng the gold medal at the Olympic Games. I don't even want to compare other life experiences with that."

十年后，阿比纳夫的成就仍然是一项罕见的壮举，而印度的“金手指”仍然保持着他一贯的直率。他已经从职业射击退役，2008年的金牌仍然是他唯一的奥运奖牌。但那块闪亮的金牌不仅推动了他成为超级明星，还教会了他一些非常有价值的东西。谈到这一点，这位35岁的老射击手说:“生活中的每一次经历都是一次学习。而我所学到就是努力让生活过得更好，每一天都尽力做到最好。也许，在我的生活中没有什么能比得上我在奥运会上获得金牌后那种兴奋。我甚至不想把其他人生经历和它相提并论。"

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来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/45807.html  译者：Jessica.Wu

外文：https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/abhinav-bindra/abhinav-bindra-the-man-who-changed-indian-olympic-history/articleshow/65356700.cms

Anoop Anoop-Delhi-1 day ago

Why are we making mockery of ourselves by celebrating the wng of a gold medal 10 years ago.

Please stop it. Don''t stoop so low. Have some pride. Someone else has actually given the right comment which I don''t want to repeat.

为什么我们要庆祝10年前的一枚金牌，这是对我们自己的嘲弄。

别再这样了，别太堕落了，有点自尊吧。实际上，其他人已经给出了正确的评论，我也不想重复了。

SONIYA LEONE BARWALI4939 SONIYA LEONE BARWALI-1 day ago -Follow

135 crores and 1 gold in 10 years. When a country gets looted by their own politicians for 70 years then this is what we achieve. Enjoy what you deserve and do vote for BAR DANCER. We love foreign rule and italian rule.

10年，13.5亿卢比和1枚金牌。一个国家被自己的政客掠夺了70年，这就是我们的成就。享受你应得的吧，为拉胡尔投票。我们不是喜欢外国统治和意大利统治嘛。

ONE LINER Challenge14283 ONE LINER Challenge-1 day ago -Follow

THAT RECORD WON''T STAY FOR LONG- GOING BY THE CWG PERFORMANCE IN MELBOURNE- THERE ARE AT LEAST 5 GOLD PERFORMANCES THAT CAN PERFORM WORLD CLASS NEXT OLYMPICS.

根据墨尔本英联邦运动会的表现来看，这一纪录不会持续太久——下一届奥运会至少会有5枚金牌。

Pgdel1615  Pgdel-New Delhi-1 day ago -Follow

We Indians get little success but we blow the trumpet like anything. While kudos to Abhinav, it is also a gross reminder of poor state of sports in the country. Things are improving under Modi but still a long way to you. This news is a total waste of time.

我们印度人几乎没什么成就，但我们却喜欢吹嘘。尽管应向阿比纳夫致敬，但这也提醒了我们国家体育运动的糟糕状况。在莫迪的领导下，情况正在改善，但还有很长的路要走。这新闻完全是在浪费时间。

Lakshmi Narayanan18085  Lakshmi Narayanan-1 day ago -Follow

In countries like and u.''s., a gold medalist is just another player.

在和美国这样的国家，金牌获得者不过就是一名运动员。

Raja Paul Raja Paul-1 day ago -Follow

Good luck for future.

祝你今后好运。

WILLIAM INDIA10745  WILLIAM INDIA-MANGALORE-1 day ago -Follow

GREAT SPORTS [PERSON... GOOD LUCK FOR THE FUTURE TOO...

伟大的体坛人物，祝你未来好运……

Jumla Expert872 Jumla Expert-1 day ago -Follow

Slumdog India is good only at Barking.

贫民窟印度只擅长吠叫。

Omkara641  Omkara-LA-1 day ago -Follow

I was in 2nd year of my college and have gained 30kg since then. lol

记得那时我正上大二，从那时起体重增加了30公斤，哈哈。

Subhasish Chatterjee1508 Subhasish Chatterjee-1 day ago -Follow

He is a legend. Not only shooters but entire Indian Olympic sports person inspired by his achievement. I was a cricket fan, of course not any more. India can bag many many medal If we can ban this money making bating enterianment (like movie) sport in India. Ban Cricket to achieve International sporting honour for Nation.

他是一个传奇。他的成就不仅激励了射击运动员，也激励了整个印度的奥林匹克运动员。我曾是一个板球迷，当然以后再也不是了。如果印度能禁止这种赚钱的娱乐（比如电影），那就能获得很多很多奖牌。禁止板球运动以为国家赢得国际体育荣誉。

Rajesh Singhal7027  Rajesh Singhal-1 day ago -Follow

2008 is a long way back and have been archived in the History of Indian Olympics and now people look forward to freshers who win medals. It would be good if Abhinav trains others for the shooting and takes credit on a different base reather than recalling the days of 2008.

2008年已经是很久以前的事了，它已经被载入了印度奥运会史册，现在人们期待获得奖牌的新人。如果阿比纳夫能训练其他人参加射击训练，而不是回忆2008年的情景，那就太好了。

Sundaram Thiagarajan15863  Sundaram Thiagarajan-1 day ago -Follow

We need to celebrate every year unlike other countries as they celebrate wng of new medals every year.

我们每年都要庆祝一回。不像别的国家，人家每年都可以庆祝新获得的新奖牌。

Aryan Thakur10162 Aryan Thakur-1 day ago -Follow

Master stroke by Modi ji.

莫迪的杰作。

Daljit Kumar24 Daljit-Jalandhar-1 day ago -Follow

man of honor, hit the Bull's eye.Great day for India

令人尊敬的人，击中了靶心，印度历史上最伟大的一天。

Singhals8752  singhals-India-1 day ago -Follow

It is high time that the tally increases beyond that solitary Gold and yes, India has talented athletes now who can achieve it in the next Olympic. Amen!

现在是时候超越这唯一的金牌了，印度有一批有天赋的运动员，可以在下一届奥运会上实现这一目标。阿门!