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Indias only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, missed out on a medal by the narrowest of margins in the 10m air rifle final, finishing fourth in a tight shootout at the Olympic Shooting Centre with a score of 163.8.The gold medal went to Nicolo Campriani (206.1) of Italy, Ukraines Serhiy Kulish bagged silver with a score of 204.6, while Vladimir Maslennikov of Russia scored 184.2 to win bronze..This is the last time Bindra will be seen in a shooting competition as he has announced his retirement after Rio and leaves the sport as Indias most decorated shooter and premier Olympic sportsman.It was an excruciatingly nerve-wracking final with the hall packed to capacity. Bindra walked in slightly awkwardly and took his place on Lane C. The announcer at the venue was quite vociferous but for Bindra and the rest of the shooters in the field, it was almost as if he didnt exist. Bindra was steady but unspectacular in his first series of six shots that included two scores of 9.7.Once the field started to whittle down after the eighth shot, Bindra, the only previous gold medalist in this event among the eight competitors suddenly found his mongrel. He reeled off an impressive sequence of high tens as the arena started to throb with expectation. Each shot was met by a vociferous cheers from the Indians in the hall as even hardened journalists whove seen it all before started to entangle themselves in the moment. Bindra, impassively as always, continued to move up the field and was in medal contention as shooters started to drop off. Four fell by the wayside, leaving only four.A 9.7 on his 15th shot and 10.2 on his 16th tied Bindra with Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine. The now or never moment was here, all that training all the toil all the effort down to one shot to be an Olympic medalist, whats more Indias first medal at the Olympics. Bindra shot a 10, but his rival responded with a 10.5. The dream was over. Bindra walked back, measured and collected as ever, though a collective gasp of despair engulfed the arena. He would finish his career as an Olympic gold medalist but also as a man who came so near yet so far. An official walking past this writer exclaimed We are having such bad luck, missing out by such small margins.That in essence is the whole point of this brutal, unforgiving sport. Fine margins between joy and agony. Bindra is only 33 but walks into the sunset perhaps with a tinge of agony of what might have been in Rio de Janeiro, where he arrived as a self-proclaimed hobby shooter and almost clinched glory.Qualifying roundIn the qualifying round, Bindra had finished 7th with a score of 625.7 to make it to his third Olympic final. Gagan Narangs campaign ended with a score of 621.7 and a 23rd place finish. There were more than a few frayed nerves at the shooting arena with a strong Indian contingent made up mostly of journalists and officials swaying on a roller coaster ride. Bindra was his usual self, serenity personified but by faltering in the fourth and fifth series, he undid some of the good work from a solid start. When the final series began, with Bindra out of the top 10, his teammate Narang had already left himself with too high a mountain to climb so hopes rested entirely on Bindra.The nervous faces of members of the shooting contingent told its own story with the results so far having been well below expectations. Bindra responded with a nerveless effort to score 105.2 and was to make the last eight on what will be his last day of competitive shooting. Abhinav reached his first final in Athens in 2004 as a 22 year old. He was to finish eighth in the Athens final, but four years later created history by winning Gold at the Beijing Olympics.As the final few shooters finished, many nails were being chewed with a bit of churn towards the lower half of the leaderboard. Once confirmed the Indian contingent broke into infectious applause. Italian shooter Niccolo Campriani finished the qualification rounds with an Olympic record of 630.2.Narang will compete in two more events in Rio - the 50m rifle and the 50m three-position. For Bindra, it was his final goodbye. Custom Diamondbacks Jerseys .ca. Kerry, Just watched the shootout in the Coyotes/Leafs game and I have to ask, why was the James van Riemsdyk goal allowed to count? All of the video replays we were shown on TV were inconclusive about whether the puck had entirely crossed the line or not. Custom Luis Gonzalez Jersey . 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MINNEAPOLIS -- As Minnesota United makes its long-awaited move to Major League Soccer, the franchise has pegged a coach with expansion experience to lead the charge.United hired Adrian Heath as coach on Tuesday, entrusting the Englishman to be one of the teams faces as it tries to grow the game in a state that has strongly supported soccer on the youth level.Heath comes to Minnesota from Orlando City, a team that he led from the USL to the MLS in 2015.His experience in Orlando City, helping that organization grow and build the right way and the way he immersed himself in the franchise and in the community was a critical factor in making this decision, United sporting director Manny Lagos said.Heath went 16-18-1 in one and a half seasons leading Orlando City, but was fired in July. He said he had opportunities to return home to coach in England after his dismissal, but was committed to staying in the United States to help soccer continue to grow in popularity.Its going to be difficult in the first year. We know that, Heath said. Were going to have to keep growing. But I saw enough in the last 18 months in Orlando, to know that we can put a team together to compette from Day 1 in Minnesota.dddddddddddd That has to be the aim, to take it to the last game of the season where were in there pitching in for every single game that we play.United is making the jump from the second-tier North American Soccer League. The franchise is building a new stadium in St. Paul, but the team will begin play in 2017 on the University of Minnesotas campus while construction is completed.Heath is from Staffordshire, England, and played professionally for 18 years before getting into coaching. He was a standout midfielder with Everton in the 1980s and became a coach in the United States in 2008 when he took over the Austin Aztex in the USL. The team relocated to Orlando in 2010 and won two USL Pro championships and three Commissioners Cups before joining MLS.I believe in football in this country, Heath said. I had an opportunity to go back to England to work, but I wanted to stay and prove myself in this country. Im really proud of the opportunity I had and what we did in Orlando and Im really looking forward to it. ' ' '