Ankur Mittal traps gold

The Indian trio of Ankur, Sangram and Asab clinches the team gold

August 05, 2017 10:56 pm | Updated 10:58 pm IST - Almaty, Kazakhstan

Ankur Mittal.

Ankur Mittal.

Ankur Mittal rode on his robust form this season to clinch the gold in double trap in the Asian Shotgun Championship here, on Saturday.

In the final, the 25-year-old Ankur beat Khaled Alkaabi of the UAE 71-70. After shooting 137 in qualification which was topped by the former Asian junior champion Sangram Dahiya with 140.

It was the second Asian gold for Ankur who has been in irresistible form this season winning the silver in the World Cup in Delhi and following it up with the gold in the World Cup in Acapulco. He had won the Asian bronze last year.

The Indian trio of Ankur, Sangram and Mohd. Asab clinched the team gold with a total of 415, eight points ahead of UAE which managed to win the individual silver and bronze.

The results: Men: Double trap: 1. Ankur Mittal 71 (137); 2. Khaled Alkaabi (UAE) 70 (138); 3. Saif Alshamsy (UAE) 53 (136); 4. Sangram Dahya 43 140; 5. Mohd. Asab 34 (138).

Team: 1. India 415; 2. UAE 407; 3. China 390.

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