Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to give India their first gold medal of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final, clinching the top honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening day of competitions.
Rai, a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist, and Sidhu, also a former Commonwealth Games gold-winner, picked up their third gold together in the mixed team event which is being held for the first time at an ISSF World Cup.
Rai and Sidhu qualified for the finals as top of the table and comfortably claimed the gold by pipping France, who secured the silver medal. hina settled for the bronze medal.
