Omkar singh

National Shooting Championship Competitions: India international Vijayveer Sidhu finished on top of a star-studded men’s 25m centre fire pistol field on the concluding day of the 66th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for Pistol events. Haryana finished comfortably on top of the medal tally with 45 medals including 20 gold at the M.P. State Shooting Academy ranges.

Sidhu shot 587 to ward off Udit Joshi of the CISF, who finished second with 582. Paris 2024 quota winner Anish finished third on the same score of 582 (six inner-10s less than Udit), giving Haryana another medal.

The field also included Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar (16th with 575), who was competing for Himachal Pradesh and Olympian Gurpreet Singh (11th, 578), who turned out for the Army. Former India internationals Omkar Singh (fourth with 582) and Amanpreet Singh (eighth with 580) infact did better than the Olympians.