Niccolo Campriani with his gold medal in Rio. Photo: Pascal Guyot/AFP
AFP · 9 Aug 2016, 06:52
Published: 09 Aug 2016 06:52 GMT+02:00
The Italian got the better of Ukraine's Serhiy Kulish, with Vladimir Masleikov of Russia in bronze at the Deodoro shooting range.
Abhinav Bindra, who captured India's first and so far only individual Olympic gold medal in the event in Beijing in 2008, just missed out on a podium finish in fourth.
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