India’s ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai has won the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Champions Trophy. Jitu beat Serbia s Damir Mikec, 29.6 to 28.3 in the final, held in the 10m Air Pistol finals format to claim the Euro 5000 cash award which comes with the title. The ISSF Rifle Champions Trophy was claimed by Russia s Sergey Kamenskiy.

Did You Know?

• Jitu Rai (born 26 August 1987) is a Nepali Bhasi Indian shooter of Indian Gorkha ethnic group who competes in the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol events.
• Government of India announced Khel Ratna Award for him in 2016.
• In the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon in South Korea, Jitu won the gold medal in the 50 m pistol category.^[11][12] He also won a bronze in the men’s 10 m air pistol team event.
• The International Shooting Sport Federation, also known with the acronym ISSF, is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events.
• Founded in 1907 as the International Shooting Union, and then changing its name in 1998, the ISSF affiliates nowadays over 150 National Shooting Federations from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
• The ISSF headquarters is based in Munich, Germany.