[5][6] Rai first made it to the Army's shooting squad in 2010-11 but failed to live up to expectations and was subsequently sent back to his unit, putting an end to his training at the AMU in Mhow.

[7] In 2014, at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, he won the silver medal in the 10 metre air pistol event.

[10] He went on to win the gold medal in the event, scoring 194.1 points in the final, thus creating another Games record.

[11] In the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon in South Korea, Jitu won the gold medal in the 50 m pistol category.

[citation needed] In 2016, he won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan in the 10m Air Pistol event.

[citation needed] During the 2016 Olympics in the 10 M air pistol event, Jitu Rai made a remarkable comeback to sneak into the final, but failed to replicate his form as he finished last in the final of the 10 M air pistol event.

The man from Lucknow lost the plot early on and could not recover, but was back for his favorite 50m pistol event on Wednesday.