Jitu Rai shoots 50m pistol gold with record score

Mumbai: Deepak Kumar (248.5), of the Indian Air Force, edged Punjab s Anjum Moudgil (248.3) on the last shot to walk away with the 10m air rifle title in the RR Lakshya Cup 2017 Invitational Shooting Championships on Friday. Both were tied after 23 shots before Kumar clinched the top prize of Rs 50,000 in thrilling fashion. Moudgil took home Rs 15,000 in the event held at the Karnala Sports Academy in neighbouring Panvel. Kumar had made the grade with a top score of 626.4 in the preliminaries while Moudgil was placed seventh with a tally of 622 points.