New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS): India’s Omkar Singh won the gold in the men’s 10 metres air pistol event at the Commonwealth Games here Friday.
The silver went to Singapore’s Bin Gai with a total score of 676.2 (580 qualifying, 96.2 final) and Australia’s Daniel Repacholi won the bronze with a score of 674 (575 qualifying, 99 final) at the Karni Singh Shooting Range here.
Another Indian Gurpreet Singh finished fifth.Omkar, a Navy man, equalled the Games record in the qualifying round by shooting 584. In the final he shot 97.8 for a total of 681.8. Omkar equalled the qualifying Games record of 584 set by India's Samresh Jung in the 2006 Melbourne Games.
Gurpreet, who had won the bronze in the 25 metres rapid fire pistol earlier in the day, shot a total of 671.7 (574 qualifying, 97.7 final) to finish fifth.Omkar and Gurpreet had won the 10 metre air pistol pairs event here Thursday.