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

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)