[Gulf Goans] India's first medal in the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens.

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First Medal for India

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 (Athens):

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has won India's first medal in the Olympic Games being held in Athens.

The 24-year-old former army Major scored a total of 179 points to finish second in the double-trap shooting event at the Markopoulo Shooting Centre.

Game of nerves

Rathore, who was fifth going into the six-man final, kept his nerves to pip his closest competitor, Wang Zhang of China, by one point in a tense 25-round medal decider.

Rathore, a double gold medallist from the Commonwealth Games was fancied to win the gold but was beaten out to it by UAE's Sheikh Al Almaktoum.

Rathore finished 10 points behind him and just 1 point ahead of the bronze medallist. Rathore is the first Indian to win an individual silver medal at the Olympics since athlete Norman Pritchard won silver in the year 1900.

Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre - TUE 17 AUG 2004 - Start Time: 9:00

Rk	Bib No.	Name	NOC	Round			Qualification		Final	Total	Final S-Off	Rem
Rk	Bib No.	Name	NOC	1	2	3	Total	S-Off	Final	Total	Final S-Off	Rem
1	2243	ALMAKTOUM Ahmed	UAE	48	48	48	144					OR
2	2157	DAHLBY Hakan	SWE	46	48	44	138
3	1227	WANG Zheng	CHN	43	49	45	137
4	1482	SCHANZ Waldemar	GER	44	44	47	135
5	1569	RATHORE Rajyavardhan S.	IND	46	43	46	135
6	1836	CHETCUTI William	MLT	43	44	47	134
7	1731	ALDEEHANI Fehaid	KUW	44	44	46	134
8	2049	FOKEEV Vitali	RUS	44	44	46	134
9	1627	DI SPIGNO Daniele	ITA	45	46	43	134
9	1215	HU Binyuan	CHN	45	45	44	134
11	2010	AL-ATHBA Rashid	QAT	38	46	48	132
12	1733	ALMUTAIRI Mashfi	KUW	43	43	45	131
13	2282	ERICKSON Bret	USA	43	42	45	130
13	1446	FAULDS Richard	GBR	41	44	45	130
15	1037	HABERMAN Steve	AUS	43	42	44	129
16	2335	NICHOLSON Michael Sean J.	ZIM	44	41	43	128
17	2280	ELLER Walton	USA	41	44	42	127
17	1630	INNOCENTI Marco	ITA	41	43	43	127
19	2060	MOSSIN Vassili	RUS	38	44	44	126
19	1049	TURNER Thomas	AUS	44	42	40	126
21	1923	AL NASRI Saleem	OMA	39	43	43	125
22	1508	SPIROPOULOS Angelos	GRE	39	46	39	124
23	2000	BENNAZAR ORTIZ Lucas R.	PUR	36	42	44	122
24	1943	BOZA Francisco	PER	40	43	38	121
25	1416	OLKKONEN Joonas	FIN	41	38	39	118

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