CWG: Shooter Shreyasi wins gold in women s Double Trap (Lead)
Wednesday - April 11, 2018 11:40 am ,
Category : SPORTS
Gold Coast (Australia) April 11 (IANS) Shreyasi Singh shot her way to the gold medal in the women s Double Trap event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Wednesday.
Shreyasi edged out Emma Cox of Australia in a shoot-off to win the title. Both shooters had finished the final round on 96 points each.
Cox found the target only once during the shoot-off but the Indian held her nerves to score twice and claim the gold.
Varsha Varman the second Indian in the fray missed out on the bronze by a narrow margin. She scored 86 to finish fourth just a single point behind bronze medallist Linda Pearson of Scotland.
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