CWG 2018: Ankur Mittal wins bronze in Double Trap, gives India its 24th medal
Ankur Mittal
This is India's 24th medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
After Shreyasi Singh won the gold medal for India in Women’s Double Trap, Ankur Mittal settled for the bronze medal in Men’s Double Trap while Ashab Mohd finished in the 4th position.
This is India's 24th medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
As of now, India has won 12 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze at the Games.
Ankur, who is a son of a former double trap shooter Ashok Mittal, went on to make his mark at the ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Moscow, winning a silver medal in the tournament in double trap shooting.
He also won a gold medal in the same event in 2017 at the Shooting World Cup held in Mexico.
Earlier today, Indian shooter Om Prakash Mitharval bagged a bronze medal in men's 5m pistol. Mitharval scored a total of 201.1 in the finals to clinch the third place in the event.
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On Tuesday, Heena Sidhu had bagged gold in the women's 25m air pistol event as she broke the Commonwealth Games record by posting 38 points in the 25m category.
The 28-year-old had already clinched a silver in the women's 10m air pistol category.