Prakash Nanjappa, Amanpreet Singh, Jitu Rai win medals at Commonwealth shooting

Prakash Nanjappa won the coveted gold medal with a score of 222.4, while Amanpreet Singh and Jitu Rai settled for silver and bronze medals respectively at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Australia

Indian shooters Prakash Nanjappa, Amanpreet Singh and Jitu Rai made a clean sweep in the 50m pistol event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships here today.

Jitu Rai and Amanpreet Singh (L) were among the medals at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships. (PTI)

Prakash won the coveted gold medal with a score of 222.4, while Amanpreet and Jitu settled for silver and bronze medals respectively.

Yesterday, Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang had won a silver, while Swapnil Suresh Kusale bagged the bronze in the men’s 50m rifle prone event.

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In women’s 25m pistol final, Anuraj Singh won the bronze.

Earlier, Indian pistol shooters had also pulled off a clean sweep in the 10m air pistol event with Shahzar Rizvi, Omkar Singh and Jitu Rai winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.