Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar of Indian Army has won gold medal at the 59th National Shooting Championship held in New Delhi. He won the gold medal in the menТs 25-metre centre fire pistol category by shooting a combined score of 588 over the rapid and precision rounds. Gurpreet Singh of Indian Army finished second with a 586 score winning silver medal and Pemba Tamang managed to secure the third place with 582 score winning bronze medal. Other winners in the Championship are 25m standard pistol event: Gurpreet Singh (Indian Army). Rapid fire pistol: Pemba Tamang (Indian Army). Air pistol & Standard pistol events: Achal Pratap Singh Grewal. It should be noted that Vijay Kumar had won the silver medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 Olympics held in London.
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