#8 Joydeep Karmakar, London, United Kingdom, 2012
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Karmakar had finished seventh in the qualification round of ‘Men's 50-meter rifle prone’ and moved into the finals with the top eight contenders. He finished just 1.9 points behind the bronze medal winner, Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia.
Though the man from Bengal gave a consistent performance in the final to finish fourth but he never really challenged the top three shooters much during the finals. Sergei Martynov of Belarus who won the gold also created a new world record. “I am not happy with the fourth place, but am happy with my performance,” said the Indian shooterafter the event. Expectations were the least but Joydeep proved that he was without a doubt a world class shooter.
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