Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai joined to give India their first gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Finals, clinching top honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening day of competitions. Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist, Rai, and former Commonwealth Games gold-winner Sidhu picked their third gold together in the mixed team event, being held officially for the first time at an ISSF World Cup.
They shot 483.4 in the final to finish top of the podium at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges. The mixed team competitions were organised as test events in the World Cups held earlier this year and will make their Olympic debut in the Tokyo 2020 Games. France's Goberville and Fouquet bagged the silver medal with 481.1, while China's Cai and Yang managed to claim the bronze with a score of 418.2.
