Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Of India won gold in the mixed event at the ISSF World Cup stage 5 at Gabala defeating the silver medalist Russian team. The win brought joy to the Indian squad competing at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rife/Pistol stage at Gabala, Azerbaijan, when they aced the Mixed Team Air Pistol event, winning Gold by beating Russia 7-6 in the Final. For the bronze medal, France beat Iran by 7-6.
On Sunday, the day four of competitions at the Gabala World Cup, both Jitu and Heena had missed making the Final of the individual Men’s and Women’s 10m Air Pistol event, when they finished 12th and 9th in their respective qualification rounds. Only the top eight make it through to the final.
The mixed event were added to the ISSF World Cup only this year and the Indian duo won the first gold of the event as well at New Delhi. The Mixed Team event is not being considered for the medal tally at the World Cup stage this year, they have been approved as Medal events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which makes the Indian duo as the early favorites for the medal at the next Olympics.
Overall, China has been leading the medal tally at Gabala with three out of the seven Gold medals won so far and a total of six medals.
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