Bindra takes gold, Vijay wins silver in final day
25 Dec 2013 6:31 AM IST
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra shot 208.9 to win gold in the 10 meter air rifle event while Vijay Kumar had to be content with silver in the centre fire event on the concluding day of the 57th National Shooting championship.
Bindra, Beijing Olympics gold medallist, beat Army’s Ashok Chavanke, who shot 204.3 to take silver while another Olympian Sanjeev Rajput of Navy shot 182.8 to claim bronze.
Bindra was third in the qualification but he fought back to win the title in the finals. Gagan Narang could not make it to finals of 10m Air Rifle. In the center fire Pistol event, gold went to Army’s Pemba Tamang, who shot 583, four more than his teammate and London Olympics silver medallist Vijay.
There was a tie for bronze medal between Commonwealth games medallists Harpreet Singh and Omkar Singh, with both the Navy shooters on a equal score of 578. Harpreet then claimed bronze with 50/50 against Omkar’s score of 46/50 in the tie-shot.
Ravi Kumar of the Air Force bagged the “Champion of the Champions” title in Air Rifle event.
Bindra, Beijing Olympics gold medallist, beat Army’s Ashok Chavanke, who shot 204.3 to take silver while another Olympian Sanjeev Rajput of Navy shot 182.8 to claim bronze.
Bindra was third in the qualification but he fought back to win the title in the finals. Gagan Narang could not make it to finals of 10m Air Rifle. In the center fire Pistol event, gold went to Army’s Pemba Tamang, who shot 583, four more than his teammate and London Olympics silver medallist Vijay.
There was a tie for bronze medal between Commonwealth games medallists Harpreet Singh and Omkar Singh, with both the Navy shooters on a equal score of 578. Harpreet then claimed bronze with 50/50 against Omkar’s score of 46/50 in the tie-shot.
Ravi Kumar of the Air Force bagged the “Champion of the Champions” title in Air Rifle event.
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