India’s Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to clinch the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup, beating Russia 7-6 in the final in Gabala, Azerbaijan. France beat Iran by an identical score to win the bronze in the event.
Earlier, on day four of the competitions at the rifle/pistol World Cup, both Jitu and Heena narrowly missed out on making the final of the individual men’s and women’s 10m air pistol event, finishing 12th and 9th in their respective qualification rounds. Only the top eight make it through to the final.
430 athletes from 45 countries are competing for medals in the ongoing World Cup, which is the last chance for rifle and pistol shooters to qualify for the ISSF World Cup Finals.