Shooter Vijay Kumar does proud to India by claiming the silver medal in the in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event, on Thursday, at the summer games 2012. Vijay is a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), in the Indian Army. With immaculate on target timing and aiming Vijay finished second in the event, at the Royal Artillery Barracks range. The 26-year-old Subedar with the Gorkha regiment is known to have a perfect control and sync between the trigger and his eyelids.

The ex-armyman’s son from Himachal Pradesh, held his nerves in the six-man final. In the end,Vijay ensured a finish on the podium scoring 30 in the final after Cuba's Leuris Pupo gave his country its first gold of the Olympics by carding 34. He shot a perfect five in the first series to take joint lead and followed up with series of 4, 4, 3, 4, 4 and 4 and 2 to grab the silver.

With this fete the shooter becomes the second Indian after double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to win an individual Olympic silver medal. Rathore achieved his feat in 2004 Athens Games. Vijay had also asserted his versatility in the last Asian Games when he won the individual bronze medals in air pistol and centre-fire pistol. He had won three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi. Scaling Olympian heights, without making substantial claims in the world championship or the Asian Games, has revealed his strong nerves.

In a post games chat, "There was lot of pressure on me but I stuck to my plans and came out well. This medal means such a lot to me. It has been my dream to win an Olympic medal. This is the highest you can get," said an accomplished Kumar. The army serviceman threw both hands in the air and pumped his fists as he was welcomed on to the podium to collect India's second shooting medal of the Games. (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)