Ajay Mittal won the gold medal at the 55th National Shooting Championships

Haryana's Ajay Mittal won the gold medal at the 55th National Shooting Championships for shotgun on 1 February 2012 by defeating stalwarts like Sodhi and Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in the final.

Delhi's Sangram Dahiya finished second, followed by Rathore and Sodhi. Ajay Mittal's younger brother, Ankur Mittal finished fifth and another Delhi lad, Shayan Masood, sixth.

Ankur Mittal also won the juniors' competition, with Masood second and Andhra Pradesh's Asher Noria third.
Ajay Mittals' father, Ashok, who combined with his sons to win the bronze medal in the team competition for Haryana too, behind winners Delhi and runners- up Punjab.

In the non- Olympic women's double trap competition, Bihar's Shreyasi Singh won the gold with a score of 92 out of 120, breaking her own national record of 90. Army shooters Seema and Varsha Tomar won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Shreyasi also pocketed the juniors' gold ahead of Madhya Pradesh's Varsha Varman and Uttar Pradesh's Malika Wig.