ISSF World Cup: Shooter Jitu Rai bags silver in 50m pistol

Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai shrugged off the disappointment of a poor Olympic campaign by clinching a silver medal in the 50m pistol event of the ISSF World Cup final here yesterday

Jitu Rai

Jitu Rai

Ologna (Italy): Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai shrugged off the disappointment of a poor Olympic campaign by clinching a silver medal in the 50m pistol event of the ISSF World Cup final here yesterday.

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Jitu shot a score of 188.8 to finish behind China's Wei Pang (190.6). Italy's Giuseppe Giordano settled for the bronze medal with a score of 170.3 in the final.

"After Rio Olympics, I competed for the first time today. My performance at Rio was not good," Jitu tweeted.

"Today, I won the silver medal at World Cup Finals with national record score in 50m. I am very happy with my performance."

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