Abhinav Bindra resigns from Target Olympic Podium Scheme

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Oct 29, 2015, 06:55 PM IST

Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra resigns from the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme as he is busy preparing for 2016 Rio Olympics

2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra resigns from Target Olympic Podium Scheme.

The ace shooter took to Twitter to announce his resignation from the TOP scheme. In his Tweet, Bindra mentioned his reason for resignation being his busy schedule for  2016 Rio Olympics preparation, because of which he wouldn't be able to make a meaningful contribution to the TOP scheme.

 

 Abhinav Bindra also posted a picture of  a letter he sent to the Chairman for of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme: