Indian shooters continued to dazzle at the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) with Hyderabad's Darius Kynan Chenai bagging a gold in the boys trap event and Ankush Bharadwaj clinching his second medal, a bronze, at Balewadi in Pune on Tuesday.
Darius had a nervous final round where he shot 17, while the eventual bronze medallist Michael McNabb of Australia shot 19. But his earlier rounds scores of 111 was enough for the Hyderabad sharp shooter to finish on top with 128.
Having shot a poor 106 in the earlier rounds, Australian McNabb's splendid comeback in the final round took his tally to 106 and thus a bronze.
Malta's Ryan Bugeja, who shot on par with the Indian in the final round, had to settle for the silver medal after finishing one point shy of Darius.
Monday's gold medalist in 50m pistol event, Ankush added a bronze to his tally after firing 94.9 in the final round of the 10m air pistol event to finish with a total of 645.9.
Gold went to James Hendry Matthews of Canada with a final score of 96.1 and a total of 653.1. Singapore's Chen Christopher clinched the silver with a total of 650.7.
Loss of concentration due to a lighting problem cost Indian Rushad Damania a medal, who missed the bronze by a margin of less than two points, in the boys 50m rifle one event.
Bad light forced Rushad to change his place, and he shot 97.3 in the final that took his total to 679.3.
But Rory McAlpine of Scotland totalled to 681.4 en route to a silver, while James Huckle took the gold with 687.6.
India had a poor fifth place finish in the girls 50m rifle prone event with Aparajita Tivary totalling 579. Kay Copland (Scotland) clinched the gold with 585, while Nurfarah Afiqah of Malaysia took the silver totalling 582.
Sheree Cox of England had to be content with the bronze finishing one point adrift of the Malaysian.
