ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai wins 50m air pistol gold, Amanpreet bags silver

Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai on Wednesday clinched a gold medal in 50m men's air pistol event in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup.

Rai shot a world record score of 230.1 to bag the number one spot. Whereas, his compatriot Amanpreet Singh​ also won a silver medal in the same event.

Jitu had on Tuesday won a Bronze medal in 10m air pistol event of ISSF World Cup.

The 29-year-old marksman, who made an eighth-place finish in the men's 10m air pistol final at the Rio Olympics, was languishing towards the bottom of the table in the initial stages of the final before he made a late surge to come into medal contention.

Earlier, Ankur Mittal missed gold by a whisker and settled for the silver medal in the men's double trap event while Pooja Ghatkar clinched the bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle event.

Meanwhile, Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu had earlier also clinched gold in the 10m Air pistol mixed team test-only event of the tournament.