December 4, 2015 8:31 PM

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Shooting Nationals: Jai Singh beats Jitu to clinch gold in 50m free pistol

Jai Singh clinched the 50M Free pistol event, to grab the Gold in a nerve-wracking final against Jitu Rai at the 59th National Shooting Championship being held in New Delhi today. Jitu who had qualified for the eight man final on top of the qualifying board with a score of 559 while Jai had logged 546 to qualify in sixth position, but turned the tables on his more famous team mate in the finals. Jitu lost the final in a Gold medal match finishing with a final round score of 188 to Jai singh 189.5. Prakash Nanjappa of Karnataka, who like Jitu has secured a Rio Olympics quota for his country, finished third. In the women's section, Rahi Sarnobat of Maharashtra won the Women's 25M Sports Pistol Gold ahead of Anisa Sayyed of Haryana. Pushpanjali Rana of the CRPF won the bronze. Haryana won the Team Gold in the event while Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh won the Silver and Bronze respectively.This was the second day of the competitions which are slated to end on December 11 across Rifle and Pistol disciplines.

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