Indian shooter Vijay Kumar clinched the silver medal in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 London Olympics.
The gold went to Cuban Leuris Pupo while Chinese Feng Ding got the bronze.
Cuba's Leuris Pupo hit 34 of the 40 targets to finish ahead of Vijay Kumar in second with 30. Feng Ding of China was third on 27 before being eliminated after 35 shots.
In the qualifying round, The 26-year-old clocked 585, finishing fourth, with stage scores of 293 and 292 at an average of 9.750 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Vijay Kumar made up for the disappointment of failing to qualify for the men's 10m air pistol finals after he finsihed 31st in the qualifiers.
The army man was riding high on confidence having won a gold in the Asian Shooting Championship in Doha this year in the standard pistol event.
Vijay won three gold and one silver medal in the Commonwealth Games. He had won two bronze at the Guangzhou Asian Games and two silver medals in the last three years at the World Cups.
Vijay is also the second Indian after double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to win an Olympic silver medal. Rathore won the maiden Olympic silver for India in 2004 Athens.
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