CWG-2018: Mitharwal earns podium in 50m pistol, wins second bronze
(Sourced from PTI)
Indian shooter Om Prakash Mitharwal won a bronze medal in men's 50m pistol event with 201.1 but the fancied Jitu Rai finished at disappointing 8th at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Australia's Daniel Repacholi bagged the gold medal with a Games record 227.2 while Shakil Ahmed of Bangladesh won silver with 220.5. Mitharwal also won bronze in 10m air pistol event at CWG.
After being placed sixth at the end of first round of stage 1, Mitharwal jumped to the top spot with 93.7. The Indian maintained his lead with his next two shots but Repacholi went ahead by a point after to more attempts. 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.
Mitharwal maintained the second position as he raced to 186.3, ahead by three points over Ahmed. However, he could not continue the momentum and conceded lead in following round with a 7.2 and 7.6, going down from gold to silver and finally settling for bronze.
