Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won the Gold medal in the 10M Air Pistol mixed team event on the fourth day of the ISSF World Cup.
Heena Sidhu (L) and Jitu Rai (R) posing with their Gold medals.
India's shooting pair of Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won the Gold medal in the 10M Air Pistol mixed team event on the fourth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup at New Delhi on Monday.
Jitu-Heena outclassed the Japanese duo of Tomayuki Matsuda and Konishi Yukari 5-3 in the finals to claim India's first gold at the mega-event. Team Slovenia clinched the Bronze medal with the third-place finish.
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Earlier at the qualifying stage, the Indian pair had shot a combined score of 475 to finish seventh among 25 teams.
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In the Men's Double Trap event, Ankur Mittal finished as runner-up, claiming India's second Silver medal at the World Cup. James Willet of Australia won Gold, while the Bronze medal went to Great Britain’s James Dedman.
It was a close defeat for Mittal as he concluded with a score of 74, just one less than the gold medalist Willet. Dedman managed to score 56 points to claim a podium finish.
Earlier on Day 1, Pooja Ghatkar had won Bronze medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle. By the end of the Day 4, India were placed fourth in the medals tally with a Bronze and a Silver. Mixed gender team events are being tested for the first time in an ISSF World Cup edition and thus, the medals won will not being counted in the standings.
China enjoyed the day to the fullest as they claimed Gold in the Women's 50M Rifle 3 Positions to reach the double digit in the medal tally. The leaders have won ten medals so far, with six Gold and four Silver medals.
Men’s 10M Air Pistol and Men’s 50M Rifle Prone are the two medal events lined up for the fifth day on Tuesday.
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