Indian shooter Jitu Rai on 12 April 2015 won Bronze medal at the 10-meter Air Pistol Men final in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon, South Korea.

The Gold medal of the event was won by Jin Jongoh of South Korea and Silver medal was won by Nuang Ye Tun of Myanmar.

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• About Jitu Rai:
  • Jitu Rai is a shooter of Nepalese origin playing for India, competes in the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol events.
  • In 2014, at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, he won the silver medal medal in the 10 metre air pistol event.
  • Rai won two medals,one in  a silver in the 50 metre pistol event, and a gold in the 10 metre air pistol event.
  • He won three medals in nine days at the World Cup.
  • He became the first person to have won two medals at a single world cup for India.
  • He was ranked number 1 in the world, in 10 metre air pistol and number 4, in 50 metre pistol, in July 2014.
  • At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Rai created the Games record in the qualification round of the 50 metre pistol event, having scored 562 points.
  • He won the gold medal in the event, scoring 194.1 points in the final, created another Games record.
  • It was the fourth world cup medal for Jitu.
• About The ISSF World Cup
  • The ISSF World Cup Series is articulated in 4 different World Cup stages in Rifle and Pistol events and 4 different stages in Shotgun events.
  • The ISSF World Cup Series, together with the ISSF World Championships and the Continental Championships, can award Olympic Quota Places, and it is therefore considered an Olympic qualification competition.
  • The World Cup stages are organized by national member federations by appointment of the International Shooting Sport Federation every year,
  • It take place in different countries between March and July.