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India’s medal hopes from shooting at the 2016 Olympics were dashed after Jitu Rai finished last in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the National Shooting Range in Deodoro in Rio. Jitu could only manage a disappointing 78.7 points from his first 8 shots and was hence the first shooter to be eliminated.
However, it was Vietnam’s Xuan Vinh Hoang who was electric since the start and bagged the gold medal in the event. It was a nail-biting finale between Vietnam’s Hoang and Brazil’s Felipe Almeida Wu where the former came out on top with 10.7 points in his final shot to win the gold medal from Wu’s clutches.
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Wu had been on top the scoring charts throughout final round and it looked like the Brazilian would win the first gold medal for the hosts, but it wasn’t to be. China’s Pang Wei had been exceptional in the qualification round but could not carry his form to finish with the gold medal and ended up with the bronze medal after the final round with 180.4 points.
Hoang had been leading the shooters’ points tally even after the first 3 shots with 31.5 points. The gold medalist managed to maintain his form and finished at the top with 202.5 points after 20 shots.
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Jitu Rai had started the final round with disappointing scores as he only had 28.5 points after the first 3 shots – 38.6 points after 4 shots. He went on to get only 58.9 points after 6 shots and was hence eliminated after the 8th shotRi. Here is the complete list of the result from the men’s 10m air pistol event:
1) Xuan Vinh Hoang (Vietnam) – 202.5 points
2) Felipe Almeida Wu (Brazil) – 202.1 points
3) Pang Wei (China) – 180.4 points
4) Juraj Tuzinsky (Slovakia) – 159.4 points
5) Jin Jong-Oh (South Korea) – 139.8 points
6) Guiseppe Giordano (Italy) – 118.4 points.
7) Vladimir Gontcharov (Russia) – 98.9 points
8) Jitu Rai (India) – 78.7 points
