Gold Coast (Australia), Nov 5 (PTI) India's AnishBhanwala won a silver in the men's 25m rapid fire pistolevent, while Neeraj Kumar bagged a bronze on the sixth day ofcompetitions in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships here.
The two medals took India's tally from rifle and pistolevents to 16, including four gold.
India has also won one gold and a silver in shotgunevents.
India had three representatives in the six-man rapid firepistol final, with Olympian Gurpreet Singh qualifying alongwith Anish and Neeraj.
Anish topped the qualification with a score of 577, whileNeeraj was second with 575. Gurpreet qualified in fifth placewith a score of 566.
Gurpreet was first to be eliminated in the final, butAnish and Neeraj hung on for the silver and bronze afterAustralian Sergei Evglevski made the gold medal beyond reach,pulling away from the field after the fourth five-shot series.
Neeraj won a fourth-place elimination shoot-off overEngland's Sam Gowin to assure himself of a medal. He had to becontent with bronze as Anish beat him 21-19 after the sixthseries.
In the end, Sergei ended with a score of 28 out of 40 towin gold, while Anish was two behind with 26.
In the women's rifle 3 positions, Scotland's SeonaidMcintosh won gold with a final round score of 459.9. England'sKatie Gleeson bagged silver and Singapore's Martina Veloso wonbronze.
Gaayathri finished fourth, shooting 429.7, and was thebest placed among the three Indian finalists. Aditi Singhfinished sixth while Tejaswini Sawant, the third Indian in theeight-woman final, finished seventh.
In the women's trap, India's Shreyasi Singh made it toher second final of the championships but missed out on hersecond medal by finishing sixth. She shot 11 in the final,after winning a shoot-off with compatriot Seema Tomar duringqualification.
Australia's Laetisha Scanlan won gold in the event, whileSharon Niven of Scotland won silver. Rio Olympic silvermedallist Natalie Rooney of New Zealand bagged the bronze. PTIAHAH.
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