Indian Gorkha shooter Jitu Rai broke the Commonwealth Games record to march into the 50-metre men's pistol finals. Compatriot Gurpal Singh also made it through. They both stand a medal chance.
Jitu Rai shoots 194.1m which is a new record in the Commonwealth Games finals
Jitu Rai is in the form of his life. The 26 year old pistol shooter won the Gold medal in the 10 m Air Pistol event in the World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia thereby winning his third World Cup medal in a span of nine days! Jitu recently won 1 Silver medal each in the Munich and Maribor World cups in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol respectively.
Jitu shot a world class score of 584/600 to finish 3rd in qualification. He shot 200.8 in the final under immense pressure to clinch the Gold medal.
Speaking on his stupendous performance, Jitu Rai said, “To win a Gold medal at a World Cup event and to hear the Indian National anthem play is a dream come true for me. I have worked really hard for this. I must thank the NRAI and especially OGQ for their support. Now my focus is on the CWG and the Asian Games later this year.”
Elated with Jitu’s consistent medal winning performances Viren Rasquinha, CEO, OGQ said, “Jitu is just a magnificent talent and I compliment my research team on unearthing this gem. OGQ is very proud to support his training and we will do everything possible to help him win many more medals for India. We recently purchased a new 10m Air Pistol for Jitu. Going ahead, pellet and ammunition testing abroad is an area where we feel that we can help him.”
[Source: olympicgoldquest.in]
Jitu Rai shoots 194.1m which is a new record in the Commonwealth Games finals
Jitu Rai is in the form of his life. The 26 year old pistol shooter won the Gold medal in the 10 m Air Pistol event in the World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia thereby winning his third World Cup medal in a span of nine days! Jitu recently won 1 Silver medal each in the Munich and Maribor World cups in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol respectively.
Jitu shot a world class score of 584/600 to finish 3rd in qualification. He shot 200.8 in the final under immense pressure to clinch the Gold medal.
Speaking on his stupendous performance, Jitu Rai said, “To win a Gold medal at a World Cup event and to hear the Indian National anthem play is a dream come true for me. I have worked really hard for this. I must thank the NRAI and especially OGQ for their support. Now my focus is on the CWG and the Asian Games later this year.”
Elated with Jitu’s consistent medal winning performances Viren Rasquinha, CEO, OGQ said, “Jitu is just a magnificent talent and I compliment my research team on unearthing this gem. OGQ is very proud to support his training and we will do everything possible to help him win many more medals for India. We recently purchased a new 10m Air Pistol for Jitu. Going ahead, pellet and ammunition testing abroad is an area where we feel that we can help him.”
[Source: olympicgoldquest.in]
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