TIL Desk Sports/ Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai failed to qualify for the finals of the men’s 10m Air Pistol in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) being held at the Olympic Shooting Range in Munich, Germany on Monday.
Tejaswini Sawant in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, also fought hard but eventually finished two points behind the final 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 today’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 probably proved crucial in the end.
Turkey’s Tugrul Ozer was the 8th to qualify with a score 582 but with significantly lesser number of inner 10s than Jitu. Jitu’s teammates in the event, fellow Olympian Prakash Nanjappa and youngster Anmol Jain both finished with identical scores of 576 and in 34th and 36th positions respectively.
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