Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Vijay wins silver at ISSF World Cup



NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games Champion Vijay Kumar won the silver medal in 25 m rapid-fire pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Beijing on Wednesday

He fired a brilliant 780.4 which included 581 in the qualifying round and an excellent score of 199.4 in the finals. Vijay missed the gold by just 0.1 point.

Keith Sanderson of USA bagged the gold medal scoring 780.5 (584+196.5) and Akiyama Teruyoshi of Japan won the bronze with 777.5 (579+198.5) points.

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