2018 Commonwealth Games and ISSF World Cup medallist Om Prakash Mitharwal edged out 2010 CWG gold medalist Omkar Singh by just one point to clinch the gold in 50m free pistol at the 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship in Delhi on Wednesday.
London Olympic gold medallist Vijay Kumar also bagged two gold medals for Haryana in the 25m center fire pistol individual and team event.
Army man Mitharwal, who won the World Cup mixed team gold medal in the 10m air pistol category, scored 560 to claim the gold. However, Omkar, representing the Navy, stayed hot on his heels with a score of 559. Another Army man, Gurpal Singh, was also not far behind as he bagged the bronze with a score of 553.
The Army marksmanship unit comprising of Om Prakash, Gurpal Singh and Jain Singh were in red hot form as they topped the charts with 1654 and grabbed the gold in the 50m free pistol team event.
Air Force’s Monu Tomar lead the charge as his teammates Ravinder and Deepak Malik aided in scoring 1641 and took the second spot. The Navy trio – Omkar Singh, Saurav Malik and Yogesh Singh – shot 1626 to get bronze.
In the 25m center fire pistol, Vijay Kumar had a few nervy moments but managed to top 2010 CWG gold medallist Gurpreet Singh by one point. With 583 points, he grabbed the gold in a nail-biting encounter.In third spot was BSF’s Mahinder Singh, who also scored 582, but finished third by virtue of his shots during the final round.
In the 50m pistol junior category, Haryana’s Anmol Jain scored 552 to bag the gold while Surinder Singh took home the silver with 545 ahead of Delhi’s Suraj Bhambhani who shot 540.
The 10m air pistol women saw young gun Abhidnya Patil of Maharashtra take the gold with 240.5 ahead of former World No.1 and veteran shooter Heena Sidhu while Punjab’s Harveen Sarao claimed the third spot.
The junior category of the 10m air pistol event Patil continue her momentum as she took her second gold of the day while SSB’s Yogita got the silver and Haryana’s Nayani Bharadwaj finished the podium.
RESULTS
50m Free Pistol Men
Gold - Om Prakash Mitharwal, Army. Score - 560
Silver - Omkar Singh, Navy. Score 559
Bronze - Gurpal Singh, Army. Score - 553
50m Free Pistol Men Team
Gold - Army Marksmanship Unit Score - 1654
Silver - Air Force Score - 1641
Bronze - Navy Score - 1626
50M Free Pistol Jr Men
Gold - Anmol Jain, Haryana. Score - 552
Silver - Surinder Singh. Score - 545
Bronze - Suraj Bhambhani. Delhi - 540
25M Centre Fire Pistol Men
Gold - Vijay Kumar Score 583
Silver - Gurpreet Singh, Army Score 582
Bronze - Mahinder Singh, BSF 582
25M Centre Fire Pistol Men Team
Gold – Haryana - 1735
Silver - Army Markmanship Unit - 1729
Bronze - Navy - 1720
10M Air Pistol Women
Gold - Abhidnya Patil, Maharastra, Final Score - 241.5
Silver - Heena Sidhu, ONGC Final Score - 240.3
Bronze - Harveen Sarao, Punjab, Final Score - 216.5
10M Air Pistol Women Team
Gold- Punjab -1707
Silver- Maharashtra -1693
Bronze-Haryana- 1690
10M Air Pistol Jr. Women
Gold - Abhidnya Patil (Maharashtra)- Final 236.6
Silver- Yogita (SSB)- Final Score 233.4
Bronze- Nayani Bhardwaj (Haryana) 208.7
10M Air Pistol Youth Women
Gold- Aarju Vaishnav (Haryana)
Silver- Vibhuti Bhatia (Haryana)
Bronze- Yashasvi Joshi (Uttarakhand)
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