Jitu Rai won gold in 50m pistol event at ISSF World Cup

 On 4 March 2016 Indian shooter Jitu Rai clinched the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup in Bangkok. 
•    The gold medal winner scored 191.3 points in the final round.
•    Former World and Olympic champion Pang Wei of China took second place with 186.5. 
•    Olympic medallist Wang Zhiwei finished third at 165.8 points.
•    Jitu beat China's former World and Olympic Champion Wei to second place, shooting 191.3 to Pang's 186.5.
•    India's Prakash Nanjappa shot 549 in the qualification round to be placed 17th.
•    Jitu Rai is the current 50m pistol gold medallist at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, winning the championships in 2014.
•    Jitu reached the final by finishing third at the end of the 60-shot qualifying series with a score of 562. 
•    Wei led the field of eight top qualifiers with a score of 564, while Wang followed him in second place with 563.