Pune, Dec 17 (IANS): Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra won the bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 58th National Shooting Championships at the Balewadi Shooting Range here Wednesday.

Fellow Olympic medallist Gagan Narang finished fourth in the eight-man final, after finishing third in qualifying, marginally ahead of Abhinav, who qualified in the fourth position.

India team mate Hariom Singh, representing the Indian Army, won gold in the event shooting a total of 205 in the finals, after having qualified in the sixth position. Abhinav shot 183.8 while Gagan finished with 163.5.

In the women’s 10m air pistol event, Punjab’s Harveen Sarao led the field at the end of qualifying with a score of 379. Shital Shivaji Thorat of Maharashtra finished second with a score of 377 while Rachna Devi representing the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) came in third with a score of 376.

In the men's 50m rifle prone team event, the Army Marksmanship Unit comprising of Chain Singh, Surendra Singh Rathod and Sushil Ghaley won gold with a combined effort of 1855.3. The team from the Indian Air Force bagged silver while Uttar Pradesh won bronze.