Indians Who Brought Glory To The Country At Olympics 2012

Vijay Kumar:

Army sharp shooter, Vijay Kumar, won the silver medal in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the Olympic Games. The 26 year old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in the series consisting of eight rounds of five shots each. The sport shooter won the silver medal in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event.

After a perfect five out of five at the start, Kumar, a double gold medalist in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, found the target four times in the second and third series, but missed it twice in the fourth.

He came back strongly by finding the target four times in the next three rounds and secured himself of a silver. In the last round after Pupo shot four to clinch the gold, Kumar seemed to rest a bit and missed three targets. The bronze medal was won by Feng with a tally of 27.

(With agency inputs)