Asian Games shooting: Vijay wins bronze in 25m centre fire pistol

By IANS
Thursday, November 18, 2010

GUANGZHOU - India’s Vijay Kumar won a bronze in the men’s 25m centre fire pistol event at the Asian Games here Thursday.

South Korea’s Byung Taek Park notched up the gold and China’s Yadong Liu the silver.

Vijay shot a total of 583, while Park and Liu shot 586 and 585 respectively. India’s Omkar Singh finished eighth with a score of 580 while Harpreet Singh was 32nd with a score of 563.

Meanwhile, Gagan Narang, who had won two silver medals here, finished fourth in the men’s rifle 3 position. Narang fired a total of 1261.8, with an 99.8 in the final round.

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