India’s Omkar takes silver in 25m Centre Fire Pistol

India’s triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist Omkar Singh shot his way through to 25m Centre Fire Pistol silver medal at the CISM World Military Shooting Championship yesterday.
At the Losail Shooting Range here, the 32-year-old Indian Navy shooter held his nerves to finish behind China’s Yongde Jin, who won the gold. North Korea’s Kim Hyon-Ung claimed the bronze.
On the third day of the championship, Norway’s Boe Hans Kristian and Arne Brekne Odd claimed the gold and bronze respectively in the 300m Standard Rifle 3 Men, with Steffen Olsen of Denmark taking the silver.
Thailand’s Tanyaporn Prucksakorn and Pattarasuda Sowsa-Nga finished 1-2 in the women’s 25m Pistol individual category. The silver went to China’s Yao Yushi.
On Tuesday, in 50m Air Rifle Prone, Silvia Rachl of Germany missed the CISM record of So Hee Bae (625.5) of South Korea and finished with a silver medal on a tied score with CPL Sunuta Majchacheep of Thailand with 624.8 points, while OG Jolyn Beer of Germany took bronze.
At the 50m range, Korean shooter So Hee Bae set a new CISM World record with 625.5 points. Later, the team record for women was tied by both the German and Chinese teams (1861.0 points)
Earlier, Arne Brekne of Norway broke his own meet record with a total score of 588 points during the first relay of the 300m Standard Rifle 3×20 match. Captain Yong Bok Kim of China broke a record in the Trap Women qualification with a total score of 73.
Both China (Wan, Yin & Gao) and Germany (Muller, Beer, Rachl) broke the CISM World Record in the 50m Rifle 60 Prone Women’s Team event with a total of 1861.0 points while Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team (Kim, Pak, Yang) is the new holder of the meet record in the Trap Women’s Team event with a total of 213 points.
RESULTS
300m Standard Rifle 3 Men: 1. Boe Hans Kristian (Norway); 2. Steffen Olsen (Denmark); 3. Arne Brekne Odd (Norway)
25m Pistol women individual: 1. Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (Thailand); 2. Pattarasuda Sowsa-Nga (Thailand); 3. Yao Yushi (China)
25m Centre Fire Pistol men: 1. Yongde Jin (China); 2. Omkar Singh (India); 3. Kim Hyon- Ung (North Korea)
25m CF Pistol Men (Team): 1. China (1730-62x); 2. Czech Rep (1728-53); 3. Qatar (1727-57)
25m Sport Pistol Women (Team): 1. Germany (1732-61); 2. Thailand (1732-53); 3. China (1724-53)
300m Standard Rifle 3×20 Men’s Team: 1. Norway (1745-62) CR; 2. Switzerland (1743-44); 3. Austria (1731-50)
50m Rifle 60 prone Women Team: 1. China (1861,0) CR; 2. Germany (1861,0) CR; 3. Rep of Korea (1859,8)
50m Women 60 Prone: 1. New CISM Record: SSG So Hee Bae (KOR) 625,5pts CR
Shotgun Trap Women team: 1. Democratic People’s Rep. of Korea (213) CR; 2. China (212); 3. Qatar (195)
Shotgun Trap Women Final: 1. K Quooss (GER) 15; 2. J Wang (CHN) 12; 3. Y Wang (CHN) 13; 4. X Wang (CHN) 10
Shotgun Trap Men Team: 1. China (353) CR; 2. Qatar (352); 3. Italy (351)
Shotgun Trap Men Final: 1. K Bindrich (GER) 12; 2. X Yu (CHN) 9; 3. A Löw (GER) 13; 4. R Danek (CZE) 9