{"id":33734,"date":"2017-03-01T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33734"},"modified":"2017-03-01T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:44:24","slug":"issf-world-cup-jitu-wins-gold-in-50m-men-s-air-pistol-amanpreet-settles-for-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33734","title":{"rendered":"ISSF World Cup: Jitu wins gold in 50m men\u2019s air pistol, Amanpreet settles for silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33711\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Jitu Rai ISSF World Cup\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: Two-time Olympian shooter Jitu Rai on Wednesday gave India the first gold at the Shooting World Cup, by clinching the yellow medal in the 50m men&rsquo;s air pistol event while his compatriot Amanpreet Singh settled for the silver in the same event at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here.<\/p>\n<p>Jitu, who fired 230.1 points to finish on top also won the bronze medal in the 10m pistol event on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Competing in his maiden World Cup, Amanpreet shot a total of 226.9 to bag the silver while the bronze medal went to Iran&#8217;s Vahid Golkhandan who shot a total score of 208 points.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the qualification round, Amanpreet had led the charts with 561 points while Jitu was second with 559 points. They had finished first and second respectively in that round.<\/p>\n<p>Jitu has now won nine World Cup medals including two this year. He had also qualified for the Rio Olympics but finished eighth in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s medal tally at this World Cup stands at five with Pooja Ghatkar winning bronze in the women&#8217;s 10m air rifle on the opening day of the event while Ankur Mittal added a silver in the double trap event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33711\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Jitu Rai ISSF World Cup\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jitu-Rai-ISSF-World-Cup-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: Two-time Olympian shooter Jitu Rai on Wednesday gave India the first gold at the Shooting World Cup, by clinching the yellow medal in the 50m men&rsquo;s air pistol event while his compatriot Amanpreet Singh settled for the silver in the same event at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here.<\/p>\n<p>Jitu, who fired 230.1 points to finish on top also won the bronze medal in the 10m pistol event on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[21633,21634,6736,466,11224,13537,21632],"class_list":["post-33734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-shooting-shooting","tag-50m-mens-air-pistol-event","tag-amanpreet-singh","tag-dr-karni-singh-shooting-range","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-jitu-rai","tag-shooting-news","tag-shooting-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ISSF World Cup: Jitu wins gold in 50m men\u2019s air pistol, Amanpreet settles for silver - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33734\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ISSF World Cup: Jitu wins gold in 50m men\u2019s air pistol, Amanpreet settles for silver - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Two-time Olympian shooter Jitu Rai on Wednesday gave India the first gold at the Shooting World Cup, by clinching the yellow medal in the 50m men&rsquo;s air pistol event while his compatriot Amanpreet Singh settled for the silver in the same event at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here. 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