This is Om Mitharval’s second bronze in the 2018 Commonwealth GamesIndian shooter Om Prakash Mitharval won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m pistol event but the fancied Jitu Rai finished a disappointing 8th at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. The young Mitharval, who also won a bronze in the 10m air pistol event two days ago, shot 201.1 to finish third in the eight-man finals at Belmont Shooting Centre. Host nation Australia’s Daniel Repacholi bagged the gold medal in the event with a Games record of 227.2 while Shakil Ahmed of Bangladesh won the silver with 220.5. After being placed sixth at the end of first round of stage 1, Mitharval jumped to the top spot with 93.7. Mitharwal then found himself in the silver medal position with 148.3 following scores of 9.8 and 8.6, before a 10.2 and 10.0 placed him level with the home favourite.

Source: The Hindu April 11, 2018 03:50 UTC