Vijay Kumar from India Wins Silver Medal in London Olympics 2012

The 26 year old army man, Vijay Kumar added pride to both Indian Army as well as the nation itself by winning a Silver medal in the London Olympics 2012. It was a tight competition and the best came out winning. Vijay Kumar faced 5 other top marksmen in the world to clinch this pride moment. The 25 meter Rapid Fire Pistol event saw the unsung hero winning a silver medal. There were no high expectations from this event.
 There were six top shooters in the world for the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. It included world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia. Unfortunately he didn’t got any medal. Then there was Ding Feng and Zhang Jian  from China and Christain Reitz from Germany. Vijay Kumar is the second medal winner from India after Gagan Narang. Gagan Narang got a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event.
 Vijay Kumar in the Army…He belongs to the 16^th Dogra regiment in the Indian Army. He is an army Subedar.