Vijayveer Sidhu wins on final day as Haryana tops medal tally

On Sunday, the 66th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for Pistol events concluded. A star-studded men’s 25-meter center fire pistol field included India international Vijayveer Sidhu in the first place. Vijayveer Sidhu topped the medal tally. With 45 medals, 20 of which were gold, Haryana easily won the most medals at the MP State Shooting Academy ranges. Udit Joshi of the CISF came in second with 582, but Vijayveer finished first with 587. Haryana won another medal when Paris 2024 quota winner Anish finished third with the same score of 582 (six inner-10s less than Udit).

Alongside Gurpreet Singh (11th, 578), an Olympian who competed for the Army, and Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar (16th, 575), both represented Himachal Pradesh. In actuality, the Olympians performed worse than former India internationals Omkar Singh (fourth with 582) and Amanpreet Singh (eighth with 580). In the team competition, Omkar contributed to the Indian Navy’s victory as well, scoring 1741 with Rajat Yadav and Amit Kumar. Tamil Nadu emerged victorious in the civilian team event, while Ankur Goel of Uttar Pradesh secured the civilian championship with a score of 573.

At the end of the three-week championships, Haryana with a tally of 20 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze medals were far superior to Maharashtra, who were second with 13 gold and three silver and bronze each. Punjab was third with 10 golds. Uttar Pradesh topped the civilian medal tally.