India shooter Jitu Rai
Ace shooter Jitu Rai yesterday failed to make it to the final of the men's 10m Air Pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup (Rifle/Pistol). Tejaswini Sawant in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, also fell short of qualifying mark.
Jitu finished 10th overall while Tejaswini secured 15th position. Among his five World Cup medals in this event, only once has Jitu shot higher than yesterday's 581, to qualify for the finals. He was in the hunt till the last four shots, but two 9s in the 57th and 58th shots proved crucial in the end.
Turkey's Tugrul Ozer was the eighth to qualify with a score of 582 but with significantly lesser number of inner 10s than Jitu.
Jitu's teammates, fellow Olympian Prakash Nanjappa and youngster Anmol Jain both finished with identical scores of 576 and in 34th and 36th positions respectively.
Gold in the event went to Ukraine's Pavlo Korostylov, who landed his first ever World Cup Gold. Japan's Tomoyoki Matsuda won Silver and Korean legend Jongoh Jin won Bronze.
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