The second silver medal that came India's way at the London Games was bagged by shooter Vijay Kumar, who won silver in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. (TOI Photo)
Sushil Kumar
Having won bronze in 2008, Sushil Kumar added a bronze in 2012 to become India's only two-time individual medallist at the Olympics. (Getty Images)
Yogeshwar Dutt
Yogeshwar Dutt's moment in the sun arrived when he pinned Jong Myong Ri of North Korea and bagged a bronze medal in the 60-kg freestyle event. (Getty Images)
Gagan Narang
After Beijing Games gold medallist Abhinav Bindra fell by the wayside in the preliminaries of the men's 10m Air Rifle event, Gagan Narang brought India its first medal of the London Olympics with bronze. (Getty Images)
Mary Kom
Mary Kom, mother of two, scripted history by becoming the country's first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics when she finished with a bronze. (TOI Photo)
Saina Nehwal
If becoming the first Indian shuttler to enter the quarter-final in Beijing opened new gates for Indian badminton, then Saina Nehwal's bronze medal four years later reaffirmed the belief that Indian badminton indeed come of age. (TOI Photo)
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