Prakash, Amanpreet and Jitu win medals in 50m pistol event at Commonwealth Shooting Championships

Indian shooters Prakash Nanjappa, Amanpreet Singh and Jitu Rai made a clean sweep in the 50m pistol event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships at Gold Coast in Australia. Prakash won the coveted gold medal, Amanpreet the Silver and Jitu settled for bronze medals.

Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang had won a silver, while



Swapnil Suresh Kusale bagged the bronze in the men's 50m rifle prone event.

In women's 25m pistol final, Anuraj Singh won the bronze.Earlier, Indian pistol shooters had also pulled off a clean sweep in the 10m air pistol event with Shahzar Rizvi winning Gold, Omkar Singh the Silver and Jitu Rai the bronze medals.