ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup: Jitu Rai misses medal; placed 5th at 10m pistol event

Jitu Rai Indian ShooterIt turned into a disappointing final for the winner of 50m Pistol Men event, India’s Jitu Rai (28) at the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. The Indian shooter started off the match with some strong scores, but then marked 8.8 and 9.9 on his 13th and 14th shots, dropping down in the placements and eventually taking the 5th place with 139.0 points. 

At the following 50m Rifle Prone Men final, it was the 2000 Olympic Silver medalist Torben Grimmel of Denmark who finished in the spotlights.

It was the last shot that decided today’s 10m Air Pistol Men final, as the winner of the 2015 Pan American Games Felipe Almeida Wu of Brazil (23) and the 2014 Continental American Championship winner, Will Brown of USA (24), tied at the penultimate shot with 191.7 points.

The two shooters fought since the beginning of the final, stately climbing up toward the podium placements. When only two shots were left to fire, Brown held a narrow 0.3-point advantage on his Brazilian opponent, but as he shot a 10.2 to Wu’s 10.5, the two finished tied right before the last shot of the match.