Incheon: Jitu Rai could have been forgiven if his thoughts had wandered just that wee bit as the gleaming Asian Games gold medal he had just won in the men's 50m Air Pistol finals was being put around his neck by Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee.


Jitu Rai (left) is greeted by his coach after winning the 50m Air Pistol gold at the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday. Pic/PTI 

It has been a busy year and Rai has been filling up his cabinet with medals from around the world. He has reached six finals and won a medal in each of them, including three from World Cups, one from World Championships and a gold each from the Commonwealth and Asian Games.