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[ad_1] Indian Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra talked about the impact of sports, saying that it teaches people friendship, respect and solidarity and can shape people while making them health conscious. Bindra, Italian shooter Niccolo Campriani and legendary Indian shuttler Pullela Gopichand shared deep insights into areas extending beyond the competitive aspect of the sport, like the Olympic Value Education Program, Refugee Project and Physical Literacy to spark the series of game-changing conversations in Trailblazers 2.0, India's biggest sports conclave.Speaking of the Olympic Value Education Programme that the Abhinav Bindra Foundation has run in the State of Odisha, India's first Olympic Games gold medalist cited the example of schools' football tournament for mixed tea...

[ad_1] File image of Abhinav Bindra© NDTVHours after star wrestler Vinesh Phogat appealed to sportspersons to join their protest to oust under-fire chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra took to social media to announce his solidarity with the athletes. Vinesh along with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakashi Malik have been sitting on an indefinite protest at Jantar Mantar against WFI supremo Singh, who has allegedly harassed seven female wrestlers including a minor.Bindra, who has always voiced his opinion in favour of distressed sportspersons, took to twitter to term the incident "deeply concerning"."As athletes, we train hard every day to represent our country on the international stage. It is deeply concerning to see our athletes finding it ne...