Om Prakash Mitharwal wins Gold in 50m Pistol Event at Changwon

India claimed one Gold and two Silver medals in the Air Pistol events at the 52nd ISSF World Championships.

Here's a recap of the how the events unfolded in the Air Pistol discipline.

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10m Air Pistol Men - an Olympic event

Jongoh Jin of Korea won Gold in 10m Air Pistol Men

Four-time Olympic Gold medalist Jin Jongoh won the Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event. He displaced World no. 4 Chernousov of Russia in the shoot-off with a score of 10.3. In a fairy-tale final, Jin who was in 6th position at the start of the elimination moved into the third spot with six more shots to go. His last six shots scored above 10.2 and with the Russian scoring a 10 of his final shot the scores tied at 241.5. Earlier, World no. 1 Shahzar Rizvi of India achieved 30th place.

Gold - Jongoh Jin (KOR) 241.5 (S-Off 10.3), Silver - Artem Chernousov (RUS) 241.5 (S-Off 9.5), Bronze - Daemyung Lee (KOR) 220.6, 4th Place - Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) 198.5.

8th Place - Abhishek Verma (IND) 118. 18th Place - Om Prakash Mitharval (IND) 579, 30th Place - Shahzar Rizvi (IND) 576.

10m Air Pistol Men Team

South Korea won the Team Gold having had three men in their finals. India was nine points behind the Koreans to take the Silver.

Gold - South Korea 1747 (Daemyung Lee 584, Jongoh Jin 582, Seungwoo Han 581)

Silver - India 1738 (Abhishek Verma 583, Om Prakash Mitharval 579, Shahzar Rizvi 576)

Bronze - Russia 1736 (Artem Chernousov 587, Denis Koulakov 580, Anton Gourianov 569)

10th Place - India 1719 (Anish 581, Gurpreet Singh 570, Shivam Shukla 568)

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men - an Olympic event

World No.1 Junmin Lin of China asserted his supremacy by winning the Gold as Zhang of China taking the Silver after missing both his final shots

World No.1 Junmin Lin of China asserted his supremacy by winning the Gold as Zhang of China taking the Silver after missing both his final shots. World record holder Kim Junhong of Korea became the first person to be eliminated in the final finishing in 6th position.

Gold - Junmin Lin (CHN) 32, Silver - Jain Zhang (CHN) 31, Bronze - Jean Quiquampoix (FRA) 24, 4th Place - Alexei Klimov (RUS) 20.

12th Place - Anish (IND) 581, 43rd Place - Gurpreet Singh (IND) 570, 46th Place - Shivam Shukla (IND) 568.

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Team

China created a new World record to claim the Gold in the Team event. Germany clinched the Silver while hosts South Korea settled for Bronze.

Gold - China 1756 (WR) (Junmin Lin 590, Jian Zhang 584, Zhaonan Yao 582)

Silver - Germany 1751 (Oliver Geis 591, Christian Reitz 582, Christian Freckmann 578)

Bronze - South Korea 1745 (Junhong Kim 589, Jong Ho Song 581, Junwoo Park 575)

10m Air Pistol Women - an Olympic event

Anna Korakaki of Greece won Gold in 0m Air Pistol Women

World No.1 and Olympic Champion confirmed her position by winning the Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event for Women. Korakaki did not have the best of starts being in the 5th position after the completion of 10 shots. After 20 shots though she moved into the Gold medal position which she retained till the end. World No. 2 Arunovic settled for Silver. World No. 9 Manu Bhaker from India finished in the 13th spot.

Gold - Anna Korakaki (GRE) 241.1, Silver - Zorana Arunovic (SRB) 239.8, Bronze - Bomi Kim (KOR) 218.8, 4th Place - Qian Wang (CHN) 198.1. 13th Place - Manu Bhaker (IND) 574, 29th Place - Heena Sidhu (IND) 571, 45th Place - Shweta Singh (IND) 568.

10m Air Pistol Women Team

China took the Team Gold with a World record effort while India occupied the 4th spot.

Gold - China 1739 (WR) (Ranxin Jiang 583, Qian Wang 583, Xiaojing Ji 573)

Silver - South Korea 1734 (Minjung Kim 581, Bomi Kim 580, Junghye Kwak 573)

Bronze - Russia 1720 (Vitalina Batsarashkina 586, Margarita Lomova 571, Svetlana 563)

4th Place - India 1713 (Manu Bhaker 574, Heena Sidhu 571, Shweta Singh 568)

25m Pistol Women - an Olympic event

Olena Kostevych of Ukraine won Gold in 25m Pistol Women

2004 Olympic Champion Kostevych won an epic final which involved three shoot-off rounds against Batsarashkina of Russia to clinch the Gold. Batsarashkina who was 3 points ahead of the Ukranian after seven series, missed 3 in the eighth and one more in the ninth to be on level terms with Kostevych. In the third shoot-off series Kostevych experienced a temporary malfunction with her weapon. She came back to clinch the Gold by hitting her last 3 shots. India's teenage sensation Manu Bhaker finished in tenth place, while Asian Games Gold medalist Rahi Sarnobat finished thirty-first and Heena Sidhu ended up in 43rd place.

Gold - Olena Kostevych (UKR) 37 (S-Off 4+4+3), Silver - Vitalina Batsarashkina (RUS) 37 (S-Off 4+4+2), Bronze - Doreen Vennekamp (GER) 31, 4th Place - Chia Chen Tien (TPE) 26. 10th Place - Manu Bhaker (IND) 584, 31st Place - Rahi Sarnobat (IND) 579, 43rd Place - Heena Sidhu (IND) 575.

25m Pistol Women Team

China took the combined Team Gold with a higher percentage of 69 hits in the 10th ring compared to Korea's 64. Indian team took the 6th position in the team event.

Gold - China 1746 (69x) (Ranxin Jiang 583, Yuemei Lin 583, Yushi Yao 580)

Silver - South Korea 1746 (64x) (Jungeun Lee 585, Minjung Kim 583, Junghye Kwak 578)

Bronze - Germany 1744 (Doreen Vennekamp 586, Monika Karsch 586, Michelle Skeries 572)

6th Place - India 1738 (Manu Bhaker 584, Rahi Sarnobat 579, Heena Sidhu 575)

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - an Olympic event

Russia won Gold in 10m Air Piston Mixed Team (Image Courtesy: Sports News)

Russia took the Gold with a new World record as they finished 7.9 points ahead of Silver medalist China. The two Indian teams finished in 10th and 12th positions respectively.

Gold - Russia1 488.1 (WR) (Vitalina Batsarashkina, Artem Chernousov)

Silver - China2 480.2 (Qian Wang, Meng Yi Wang)

Bronze - Ukraine2 416.7 (Olena Kostevych, OMELCHUK Oleh Omelchuk)

10th Place - India2 768 (Heena Sidhu 380, Shahzar Rizvi 388)

12th Place - India1 - 767 (Manu Bhaker 386, Abhishek Verma 381)

25m Standard Pistol Men

Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine won Gold in 25m Standard Pistol Men (Image Courtesy: ELEY)

Korostylov won Gold in the 25m Standard Pistol event as Gurpreet of India settled for Silver after a shoot-off with Kim of Korea.

Gold - Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) 581, Silver - Gurpreet Singh (IND) 579 (22x), Bronze - Junhong Kim (KOR) 579 (19x). 25th Place - Amanpreet Singh (IND) 560, 26th Place - Vijay Kumar (IND) 560.

25m Standard Pistol Men Team

France claimed the Team Gold ahead of Korea and Ukraine with India finishing in 4th spot

Gold - France 1716 (Clement Bessaguet 576, Boris Artaud 575, Alban Lucien Pierson 565)

Silver - South Korea 1709 (Junhong Kim 579, Young Min Kim 568, Dae Kyu Jang 562)

Bronze - Ukraine 1704 (Pavlo Korostylov 581, Volodymyr Pasternak 564, Oleksandr Petriv 559)

4th Place - India 1699 (Gurpreet Singh 579, Amanpreet Singh 560, Vijay Kumar 560, )

25m Center Fire Pistol Men

The 49-year-old veteran from Brazil, Julio Almeida pocketed his first Gold medal in the World Championship in the 25m Center Fire Pistol for Men. Christian Reitz who is the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Olympic Champion claimed the Silver while Korostylov of Ukraine took the Bronze.

Julio Almeida of Brazil took the Gold in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men (Image Courtesy: Otempo)

Gold - Julio Almeida (BRA) 591, Silver - Christian Reitz (GER) 588, Bronze - Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) 586. 10th Place - Gurpreet Singh (IND) 581, 24th Place - Vijay Kumar (IND) 576, 25th Place - Anish (IND) 576.

25m Center Fire Pistol Men Team

None of the individual medalists were able to help their team to the podium as South Korea clinch the Gold in Team event. India finished in 4th place.

Gold - South Korea 1743 (Young Min Kim 586, Jinil Kim 581, Dae Kyu Jang 576)

Silver - France 1737 (Clement Bessaguet 584, Alban Lucien Pierson 577, Boris Artaud 576)

Bronze - China 1735 (Zhaonan Yao 583, Yongde Jin 582, Xiankun Zhao 570)

4th Place - India 1733. (Gurpreet Singh 581, Vijay Kumar 576, Anish 576)

» 50m Pistol Men

Om Prakash Mitharval of India won Gold in 50m Pistol Men (Image Courtesy: The Week)

Om Prakash of India secured the Gold with an impressive shooting display in the final series to dislodge Damir Mikec of Serbia and Lee of Korea. India's Golden boy Jitu Rai was unable to find his form and finished in 17th place.

Gold - Om Prakash Mitharval (IND) 564, Silver - Damir Mikec (SRB) 562, Bronze - Daemyung Lee (KOR) 560. 17th Place - Jitu Rai (IND) 552, 56th Place - Manjit (IND) 532.

50m Pistol Men Team

India missed the podium in the Team events finishing in 5th place. Korea took the Gold and Serbia settled for another Silver.

Gold - South Korea 1670 (Daemyung Lee 560, Daehun Park 556, Seungwoo Han 554 )

Silver - Serbia 1667 (Damir Mikec 562, Dusko Petrov 554, Dimitrije Grgic 551)

Bronze - China 1661 (WU Jiayu Wu 560, Bingchen Zhang 550, Qifeng Pu 551)

5th Place - India 1648 (Om Prakash Mitharval 564, Jitu Rai 552, Manjit 532)

10m Running Target Men

Jesper Nyberg claims Gold in 10m Running Target Men (Image Courtesy: Hallandsposten)

24-year-old Nyberg of Sweden overcame an experienced Stepanov from Russia to take Gold in the 10m Running Target for Men.

Gold - Jesper Nyberg (SWE) 6, Silver - Maxim Stepanov (RUS) 3, Bronze - Vladislav Prianishnikov (RUS) 6.

10m Running Target Men Team

Russia, however, took the team Gold as they were 12 points ahead of their North Korean rivals.

Gold - Russia 1734 (Vladislav Prianishnikov 582, Maxim Stepanov 577, Vladislav Shchepotkin 575)

Silver - North Korea 1722 (Myong Won Pak 576, Kwang Il Kwon 575, Yong Chol Jo 571)

Bronze - Sweden 1718 (Jesper Nyberg 578, Emil Martinsson 572, Niklas Bergstroem 568)

10m Running Target Mixed Men

28-year-old Heikkila from Finland won the Gold in 10m Running Target Mixed event after gaining a narrow lead over Czapala of Poland. Azarenko of Russia survived nervous moments to win a three-way shoot-off for the Bronze against Kwang of North Korea and Vuong of Vietnam after they tied at 385.

Tomi-Pekka Heikkilä of Finland won Gold in 10m Running Target Mixed Men (Image Courtesy: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliittory)

Gold - Tomi-Pekka Heikkila (FIN) 388, Silver - Lukasz Czapala (POL) 386, Bronze - Mikhail Azarenko (RUS) 385 (S-Off 20).

10m Running Target Mixed Men Team

Sweden took the Gold in the Mixed Team event 10 points ahead of Russia. North Korea claimed the Bronze.

Gold - Sweden 1147 (Jesper Nyberg 384, Niklas Bergstroem 382, Emil Martinsson 381)

Silver - Russia 1137 (Mikhail Azarenko 385, Maxim Stepanov 380, Vladislav Prianishnikov 372)

Bronze - North Korea 1135 (Kwang Il Kwong 385, Yong Chol Jo 378, Myong Won Pak 372)

50m Running Target Men

Mijhail Azarenko

Azarenko of Russia claimed a Gold medal in the senior category overcoming nine times World Champion Czapla of Poland in a Shoot-off.

Gold - Mikhail Azarenko (RUS) 589 (S-Off 20), Silver - Lukasz Czapla (POL) 589 (S-Off 19), Bronze - Tomi-Pekka Heikkila (FIN) 587.

50m Running Target Men Team

A dominant Russian team secured the Gold in the team event as well with Azarenko scoring 589, while Sweden settled for a Silver medal.

Gold - Russia 1759 (Mikhail Azarenko 589, Dmitry Romanov 586, STEPANOV Maxim Stepanov 584)

Silver - Sweden 1756 (Emil Martinsson 586, Jesper Nyberg 586, Niklas Bergstroem 584)

Bronze - South Korea 1738 (Kwangchul Ha 584, Se Jong Cho 578, You Jin Jeong 576)

50m Running Target Mixed Men

Emil Martinsson of Sweden defeated Azarenko of Russia to claim his 7th World Championship Gold

Gold - Emil Martinsson (SWE) 393, Silver - Mikhail Azarenko (RUS) 392, Bronze - Jesper Nyberg (SWE) 391 (S-Off 19).38-year-old Emil Martinsson of Sweden defeated Azarenko of Russia to claim his 7th World Championship Gold. Nyberg of Sweden won the Bronze after a shoot-off with Heikki of Finland.

50m Running Target Mixed Men Team

Sweden won the Gold in the team event one point ahead of Russia. North Korea claimed the Bronze.

Gold - Sweden 1171 (Emil Martinsson 393, Jesper Nyberg 391, Niklas Bergstroem 387)

Silver - Russia 1170 (Mikhail Azarenko 392, Dmitry Romanov 390, Maxim Stepanov 388)

Bronze - North Korea 1163 (Myong Won Pak 388, Yong Chol Jo 388, Kwang Il Kwon 387)

10m Running Target Men Junior

19-year-old Grossheim held a comfortable 5-0 lead over Danilenko of Ukraine. A splendid fightback from the Ukraninan tied the game at 5-5 before Grossheim won the next two to take the Gold.

Gold - Kris Grossheim (GER) 7, Silver - Danylo Danilenko (UKR) 5, Bronze - Maksym Babushok (UKR) 6.

10m Running Target Mixed Men Junior

17-year-old Egor Spekhov or Russia won the Gold ahead of Danilenko of Ukraine with some splendid shooting in the second stage with a score of 194.

Gold - Egor Spekhov (RUS) 378, Silver - Danylo Danilenko (UKR) 375, Bronze - Andrey Khudyakov (KAZ) 374.

50m Running Target Men Junior

Nicolas Tranchant of France claims Gold in 50m Running Target Men Junior (Image Courtesy: Etampes)

Nicholas Tranchant secured the Gold medal with a 5 point difference over the Ukranian to win the 50m Running Target for men in the Junior category.

Gold - Nicolas Tranchant (FRA) 579, Silver - Danylo Danilenko (UKR) 574, Bronze - Espen Teppdalen Nordsveen (NOR) 572.

50m Running Target Mixed Men Junior

The 50m Running Target Mixed event for the Junior Men saw a spectacular finish as three men tied for the medal positions with an identical score of 386. Danilenko confirmed the Gold by hitting 20 points in the first attempt. Grossheim and Bergstorem were tied with 119 as they went into another round were Grossheim prevailed with 20 points to take Silver.

Gold - Danylo Danilenko (UKR) 386 (S-Off 20), Silver - Kris Grossheim (GER) 386 (S-Off 19+20), Bronze - Andreas Bergstroem (SWE) 386 (S-Off 19+18).

10m Running Target Women

Olga Stepanova of Russia won Gold in 10m Running Target Women (Image Courtesy: armeriaegara)

31-year-old Russian shooter Olga Stepanova claimed Gold in the 10m Running target event for Women. Competing in her 7th Championships, she overcame Yan Li of China in a roller-coaster contest before clinching the Gold.

Gold - Olga Stepanova (RUS) 7, Silver - Xue Yan Li (CHN) 5, Bronze - Gaina Avramenko (UKR) 6.

10m Running Target Women Team

China took the team Gold creating a new World record score of 1673. They were closely followed by North Korea who was 1 point adrift for the Silver.

Gold - China 1673 (WR) (Xue Yan Li 575, Li Su 555, Qingqing Huang 543)

Silver - North Korea 1672 (Ji Ye Ri 565, Chol Sim Han 558, Ok Sim Paek 549)

Bronze - Russia 1668 (Olga Stepanova 569, Irina Izmalkova 560, Julia Eydenzon 539)

10m Running Target Mixed Women

Li Su of China created a new benchmark by breaking the World record in the 10m Running Target Mixed event for Women. She was 9 points away from her country mate Xue Yan Li who won the Silver. Li Su had a spectacular second stage scoring 198 points.

Gold - Li Su (CHN) 391 (WR), Silver - Xue Yan Li (CHN) 382,

Bronze - Irina Izmalkova (RUS) 375.

10m Running Target Mixed Women Team

Li Su and Xue Yan Li's impressive performances helped China dominate the team event with a difference of 24 points from Ukraine who took the Silver.

Gold - China 1125 (Li Su 391, Xue Yan Li 382, Qingqing Huang 352)

Silver - Ukraine 1101 (Viktoriya Rybovalova 373, Galina Avramenko 368, Valentyna Goncharova 360)

Bronze - Russia 1097 (Irina Izmalkova 375, Olga Stepanova 371, Julia Eydenzon 351)