February 7, 2015 8:24 PM

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National games: Shooter Vijay Kumar fires golden double for 2nd time

At Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, ace pistol shooter Vijay Kumar fired a golden double for the second time to end his campaign with a rich haul of five gold and one bronze in the 35th National Games. Armyman Vijay bagged both the team and the individual gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire. In the team event, the London Olympics silver-medallist combined with Pemba Tamang and Gurpreet Singh to clinch the gold for Services Sports Control Board ( SSCB )with a total score of 1761. Following SSCB, were Haryana with a score of 1691 through the troika of Harpreet Singh, Rahul Panwar and Wazeer Singh Rathee. The bronze went to the Maharashtra threesome of Shivraj Sase, Ronak Pandit and Akshay Ashtaputre, who tallied 1682. In the individual event, Vijay walked away with the top honours in a shoot-off with Punjab's Harpreet Singh, who took the silver with a tally of 23 against Vijay's 28. Maharashtra's Shivraj Sase settled for the bronze medal with a score of 19.In the medal standings, the Services Sports Control Board remained on course for a hat-trick of overall titles on day seven of the Games. Dominating the Games in almost all disciplines, SSCB have accumulated 42 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze to total 67.A distant second on the table is Maharashtra with 25 gold, 31 silver and 24 bronze medals. Haryana held the third spot with 25 gold, 17 silver and seven bronze.

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