KSS Shooting Championship | Om Prakash Mitharwal, Vijay Kumar and Abhidnya Patil grab double gold medals
Om Prakash Mitharwal, Vijay Kumar and Abhidnya Patil have each won two gold medals at 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship in Delhi. Mitharwal edged past Omkar Singh by just 1 point to win the gold while Kumar marked his return with a successful campaign with Haryana, winning two gold medals.
2018 Commonwealth Games and
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 behind his back with a score of 559. Gurpal Singh bagged the bronze with a score of 553.
The Army marksmanship unit comprising of Om Prakash, Gurpal Singh and Jain Singh
In the 25m
In the junior category of the 10m air pistol event, Patil continued her momentum as she took her second gold of the day while SSB’s Yogita got the silver and Haryana’s Nayani Bharadwaj ranked third on the podium.