Jitu wins gold at shooting World Cup

Jitu 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, also of China, finished third with a final round score of 165.8. India’s Prakash Nanjappa shot 549 in the qualification round to be placed 17th. 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. Former world champion Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan was also expected to be a threat in the final given his recent form in the Asian Shooting qualifiers in Delhi.