Abhinav Bindra is a massive name in Indian Olympic history. The shooter became the first individual gold medal winner in India's Olympic journey- an elite club of which he was the first and the only member until Neeraj Chopra joined him with a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

While Abhinav is known for his focus and dedication that helped him reach the Olympic gold, in a video from one of his interviews which has now resurfaced on social media, he had said how he had a difficult time trying to calm himself down and dealing with his emotions before the night of the Beijing Olympic finals.

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In the same interview at the India Today Conclave in 2021, Bindra had made a stunning revelation saying that he had drunk a couple of bottles of Jack Daniels before the night of the finals a night before the Beijing Olympic final in 2008.

"Before I boarded the flight to my Olympics in Beijing, I was in Munich. I was checking out at my hotel, packing stuff and I looked at the mini-bar. I was not a drinker of sorts. But I looked at the mini-bar and saw two little miniature bottles of Jack Daniels. For whatever reason, I packed it in my toilet kit," Bindra said at India Today Conclave 2021.

"The night before my Olympic final, I was nervous, I couldn't sleep, I was about to die. I went to my toilet kit and opened the two bottles. I drank them and then the next day, a gold medal! I was armed with self-respect and Jack Daniels, who the hell could beat me on that day," he added in the conclave where Neeraj was also sharing the stage.

Meanwhile, Neeraj had stated that he hadn't had such an adventurous build-up to the Tokyo Olympic final. However, he stated that he had tried shooting but couldn't do it with much success.