Abhinav Bindra exited his final Olympics by ending fourth in the final of the men’s 10m air rifle event – missing out on a bronze medal by just 0.1 points.

Though India’s hockey team have four games to go in Rio de Janeiro, for Bindra – gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Games – his last appearance at the Games ended in agony. In his third final in five attempts, Abhinav bowed out of the competition at fourth place at the Olympic Shooting Centre.

Having entered the final with a stunning recovery in the qualification round earlier on Monday, the 33-year-old held his composure – honed over years of zen-like focus and training – to move up the table and into the top three. However, just towards the end he fell back to fourth and then ended up short of claiming bronze. It call came down to Bindra’s last shot, which was a 10 – but not enough to earn him a second Olympic medal.

Gold was claimed by Italian Niccolo Campriani – his second such – and the Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish took silver.