Om Prakash outclassed the rest of the field, including his army mate and London [ Images ] Olympic Games [ Images ] qualifier Vijay Singh [ Images ], to bag the men's 50 m free pistol gold in the 55th National Shooting Championships at the Balewadi ranges, in Pune, on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old, Prakash took a big lead in the qualifying stage itself by logging 563 and then continued his good form in the final round to tally 661.4 that placed him far ahead of second-placed Singh.

Singh, who has earned a quota place for the 2012 Olympics [ Images ] in the 25m rapid fire event, tallied 647 for the silver. The bronze in the eight-man competition was bagged by Amanpreet Singh of ONGC [ Get Quote ] with 646.9.

Shruti Bhattepatil of Maharashtra [ Images ] upstaged veteran Anjali Bhagwat, also from Maharashtra, to clinch the gold in the women's air rifle.

Results:

Men's 50m free pistol (final): Om Prakash (Army) 661.4 (563+98.4); 2. Vijay Singh (Army) 647.0 (558+89.0); 3. Amanpreet Singh (ONGC) 646.9 (549+97.9); 4. P N Prakash (Ktk, 644.9); 5. Farooq Ali (UP, 641.1), 6. Gurpal Singh (Army, 639.8), 7. Vipin Sherawat (UP, 637.3); 8. Satender Kumar (Navy, 634.0)

Women's air rifle (final): 1. Shruti Bhattepatil (Mah) 499.4 (395+104.4); 2. Nampi Das (WB) 499.2 (396+103.2); 3. Anjali Bhagwat (Mah) 498.4 (395+103.4)