Vijay shoots silver
4 Aug 2012 6:43 AM IST
Army marksman Vijay Kumar gave India its second medal from Royal Artillery Barracks, winning silver in men's 25m rapid fire pistol event of the 2012 London Olympics on Friday. Leuris Pupo kept his cool to win Cuba's first gold of the Olympics. Pupo scored 34 to edge out Vijay, who took silver with 30. China's Ding Feng won bronze after being edged out by Vijay by one point in the final elimination round.
India's rifle shooter Gagan Narang had won bronze in men's 10m air rifle event on Monday. Vijay became the second Indian shooter to win a silver medal in Olympics after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore finished second in Athens 2004.
A beaming Vijay Kumar said it was a dream come true to win an Olympic medal and it was possible because he managed to keep his composure in the tense final. 'In shooting, you have to control your emotions to maintain concentration. You have to have control over your nervous system, I am happy that I managed to do that,' Vijay said.
'I always believed that army shooters have the ability to strike it rich. Vijay has proved it. They all have the potential to win medals at major international competitions and they are proving it,' said Vijay's Russian coach Pavel Smirnov, who has been working with him for the last five years.
India could have won more laurels on Friday through unfancied shooter Joydeep Karmakar who missed missed the bronze medal by a whisker in double trap.
India's rifle shooter Gagan Narang had won bronze in men's 10m air rifle event on Monday. Vijay became the second Indian shooter to win a silver medal in Olympics after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore finished second in Athens 2004.
A beaming Vijay Kumar said it was a dream come true to win an Olympic medal and it was possible because he managed to keep his composure in the tense final. 'In shooting, you have to control your emotions to maintain concentration. You have to have control over your nervous system, I am happy that I managed to do that,' Vijay said.
'I always believed that army shooters have the ability to strike it rich. Vijay has proved it. They all have the potential to win medals at major international competitions and they are proving it,' said Vijay's Russian coach Pavel Smirnov, who has been working with him for the last five years.
India could have won more laurels on Friday through unfancied shooter Joydeep Karmakar who missed missed the bronze medal by a whisker in double trap.
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