Vijay Kumar (25m rapid fire pistol, silver)
Continuing the rich tradition of shooters delivering at the Olympic Games, India had a second medal to celebrate a few days after Narang’s bronze. After Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s trap silver, Abhinav Bindra and Narang’s rifle medals, it was the first pistol event medal for India.
Army-man Vijay Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia, the Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian, and German Christian Reitz in the 40-shot final to finish runner-up behind Cuba’s Leuris Pupo, who shot his way to the gold.