Shooting News
At ISSF World Cup, Beijing, China

25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Men)
Gold - Keith Sanderson (USA) (584+196.5) 780.5 pts
Silver - Vijay Kumar (IND) (581+199.4) 780.4 pts
Bronze - Teruyoshi Akimata (JPN) (579+198.5) 777.5 pts

Another young Indian shooter, 23 yrs old Vijay Kumar, won silver medal in on going ISSF World Cup at Beiing ... He qualified for the final on 4th place and in the final round he scored highest points to missed Gold medal by 0.1 point ... Still creditable performance by this young shooter.

Before this another Indian young shooter, 19 yrs old Heena Sidhu, won Silver medal in 10M Air Pistol event ... She qualified for the final on 5th place but scored highest points in final round to finished 2nd behind China's Jun Hu.

10M Air Pistol (Women)
Gold - Jun Hu (CHN) (390+100.5) 490.5 pts
Silver - Heena Sidhu (IND) (385+101.8) 486.8 pts
Bronze - Lenka Maruskova (CZE) (385+100.9) 485.9 pts

Heena Sidhu - “I feel numb at the moment! This is my second participation in a world cup. I have been competing in Changwon last week, but I did not shot a great competition there. I was happy to be into the final match, today, but actually I did not expect a medal…”

“It’s amazing to be standing where the games took place. Now I am planning to come to the world cup stage held in Munich, next May…”

Gagan Narang finished on 6th position with 696.6 pts (595+101.6) in 50M Rifle Prone event.