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Commonwealth Games 2018: Om Prakash Mitharval bags bronze in men’s 50m pistol; Jitu Rai finishes lowly 8th
•Indian shooter Om Prakash Mitharval settled for the bronze medal in the men's 50m pistol event but the fancied Jitu Rai finished a disappointing eighth at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Wednesday.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Jitu Rai's 10m air pistol gold could rekindle Olympic ambitions after confidence-hit at Rio
Deepti Patwardhan •The Olympic peak still looms large over the unassuming Jitu Rai, but this performance may just will him for a repeat journey.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Jitu Rai breaks event record to clinch men's 10m air pistol gold; Om Prakash Mitharval bags bronze
•Jitu Rai broke the games record to claim the gold medal by some distance in men's 10m air pistol, underlining why he is rated as one of India's premier shooters, while Om Prakash Mitharval bagged bronze in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Monday.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Gold medallist Jitu Rai says he had unflinching belief in ability to fight back
•Jitu Rai says he believed unflinchingly, unquestionably in his ability to stage a comeback and win the men's 10m air pistol gold after a rather average qualifying outing in the 21st Commonwealth Games.

Charting Manu Bhaker's rapid rise: Two years after taking up shooting, 16-year-old wins twin gold at ISSF World Cup
Turja •Manu Bhaker's monk-like devotion has helped her scale remarkable heights in the last few months after having taken up shooting just two years ago.

How Shahzar Rizvi overcame 'heartbreak' of missing Commonwealth Games berth to shoot gold at World Cup
Turja •"It broke my heart. I was disillusioned. But then my coach Ronak Pandit convinced me to focus on the future," Shahzar said.

ISSF World Cup: India top medal tally to create history despite no podium finish on final day
•Shahzar Rizvi, Manu Bhaker, Akhil Sheoran and Om Prakash Mitharval won the gold medals in the competition, Anjum Moudgil bagged a silver, while Jitu Rai, Ravi Kumar finished with bronze.

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker wins 10m Air Pistol mixed team event with Om Prakash Mitharval for her second gold
•The sensational Manu Bhaker, all of 16, shot her way to a second successive gold medal in a mixed team event as India consolidated their position at the top in the ISSF World Cup

ISSF World Cup: Shahzar Rizvi clinches gold in 10m air pistol with world record score; Jitu Rai, Mehuli Ghosh win bronze
•Shahzar shot a world record 242.3 in the 10m air pistol event's final to beat reigning Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7, to win the top prize.



