India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has announced that he will retire on August 8th rom competitive shooting, after, hopefully, winning another medal at the Rio Olympics.

Bindra, who was on Friday named the country's flag bearer for the upcoming Rio Games, made the announcement on Twitter. The Beijing Olympics champ had been in semi-retirement after the 2014 Asiad and was only a hobby shooter with the purpose of qualifying for Rio Olympics.