The 26-year-old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in the series comprising eight rounds of five shots each.
Andy Murray rode the wave of British euphoria at the Olympics on Friday to reach the men's singles final with victory over world number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia at Wimbledon.
The four hour 26 minute match between Roger Federer and Del Potro had everything that defines the Olympics spirit: Grit, determination, a never-say-die attitude and tears.
The 30-year-old Swiss survived a record-breaking scrap to win 3-6 7-6 19-17 in the longest men's three-set match played in the professional era.
While Germany and the Netherlands are virtually assured of semi-final berths with nine points apiece, India are out of medal contention and have to be content to play for minor positions regardless of their results.
Vijay's father also said that he had never expected his son to reach such heights.
Army marksman Vijay Kumar gave India the second medal from the Royal Artillery Barracks winning the silver in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol.
India's Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar should thank his Russian coach Pavel Smirnov for his success at the 2012 London Games.
Ayaz Memon is in London giving us updates from the Olympics. Keep checking here for more. In his latest post, he talks about how China hone their Olympic champions.
As soon as he grabs his pistol, the soft-spoken, mellow and mysterious aura is gone. Cut to the army subedar looking ominously at his targets before smashing them in a consistent fashion.
New Zealander Mahe Drysdale took gold with a time of six minutes and 57.82 seconds while Czech Ondrej Synek and Britain's Alan Campbell clinched silver and bronze, respectively.
For two decades, seeing Chinese shuttlers come and go, from Dong Jiong to Xia Xuanze to Lin Dan, Gade was on his lonely crusade.
Now is the moment to power forward— the system has to be prepared for the burst of enthusiasm among youngsters who would want to be another Saina and Kashyap, having seen them in action in London.
Commentators and competitors, it seems, can't stop using 'medal' as a verb.
Joydeep shot an overall score of 699.1, including 595 in the qualification and 104.1 in the medal round. His score in the final was third highest among the eight shooters.
The Indian needs to play aggressive badminton from the word go and ensure she doesn't let Wang dictate the game when they square up in the Olympics semifinals later today.
Gabrielle Douglas, a16-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia, beat Viktoria Komova of Russia on Thursday to become the third straight American to win the Olympic all-around title in Gymnastics, and first African-American to do so.
One of India's prime medal hopes, Saina lost 13-21, 13-21 to the Chinese in a match where she failed to produce her best.
Top-ranked Zhang Nan and girlfriend Zhao Yunlei will face second-ranked Xu Chen and Ma Jin in the fourth all-Chinese final in Olympic badminton history.
Saina Nehwal went down 13-21, 13-21 against top seed and World No 1 Wang Yihan of China in the semifinals and will take on another Chinese in a bronze medal play-off.
Douglas soared her way into history Thursday, leading the whole way, to climb a mountain paved by former US gymnasts Ron Galimore, Dominique Dawes and a handful of others who showed the sport isn't just for the white or the privileged.
Michael Phelps became the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics, capturing the 200-metre individual medley for his 20th career medal — and 16th gold. Images from Phelps' magnificent victory.
Even though India’s women’s contingent at London 2012. had only 23 women athletes, compared to 60 for the men, it’s obvious that, in some measures, women are fast catching up to the men in India.
Having a rival of Phelps' ability in his own country pushed Lochte to new heights, and he knows it'll be an adjustment without him.
Lining up for Jamaica will be 2008 gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, silver medalist Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown, who has five Olympic medals but wasn't fast enough to qualify for the 100 in Beijing.
Zhang Jike, defeated teammate Wang Hao in Thursday men's singles Table Tennis final. Zhang's lone hint of happiness, celebrating his first Olympic gold medal, lasted about as long as a good pingpong rally.
There's little doubt that Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake will get plenty of attention once athletics starts on Friday. But there are others on the lines to watch out for. Here's a quick look.
"It's a relief to win an individual gold," Phelps admitted after winning the 200 m individual medley. "I fell short in the first couple of events."
Soon after she won a gold in the synchronized diving event, Wu Minxia was told that her grandparents had died over a year ago, and that her mother was in remission from breast cancer.
So is she scared of the Chinese? No. But does she believe they are her toughest competitors? Yes. India's top badminton stars inner-most thoughts are revealed in her biography. Excerpts.