Amanpreet Singh wins centre fire pistol gold
The 22-year-old Amanpreet beat Mandeep Singh by two points. Sahil Choudhary won the bronze ahead of Olympian Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh and the Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar.
Mukesh Nelavalli of Andhra Pradesh won the standard pistol gold with a score of 575, one point ahead of Suraj Sharma in both the men's and junior events.
The results: 25m standard pistol: 1. Mukesh Nelavalli 575; 2. Suraj Sharma 574; 3. Adarsh Singh 573.
Juniors: 1. Mukesh Nelavalli 575; 2. Suraj Sharma 574; 3. Yogesh Kumar 567.
25m centre fire pistol: 1. Amanpreet Singh 587; 2. Mandeep Singh 585; 3. Sahil Choudhary 584.
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