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 men’s 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.
Did You Know?
- The firearm was originally invented in China during the 13th century AD, after the Chinese invented gunpowder during the 9th century AD.
- It was in 1364 that mankind first recorded the use of a firearm. These weapons, called “hand cannons,” were the first step in the creation of guns.
- In 1498, the gun experienced its first major evolution with the discovery of rifling (putting grooves in the barrel of a gun to improve accuracy).
- The first multi-shot, revolving firearms that were mass produced came from Samuel Colt. Colt produced a gun that enabled people to fire multiple shots without reloading — a development that forever changed warfare.