new delhi shreyasi singh has increased indias medal tally at the 2018 commonwealth games to 23 shooting her way to a careerbest gold in the womens double trap final on wednesday her successful performance thus gave india its second medal of the day following the bronze won by shooter om mitharval in the 50m pistol mens finals follow live commonwealth games 2018 day 7coming agonisingly close to a bronze medal in her first appearance at the cwg was 23yearold varsha varman whose total score of 86 was one short of the bronze winner linda pearson of scotlandalso read mitharval shoots 2nd medal bags 50m pistol bronzeat the belmont shooting centre on day seven of competition at gold coast shreyasi dominated the very strong 10member field to earn her second double trap medal after she won silver in the same event four years in glasgow cwg in her third trip to the quadrennial games the 26yearold shot rounds of 24 25 22 and 25 for a cumulative score of 96 and then edged australias emma cox in the shootoff to upgrade her silver to gold also read india at cwg day 7 boxers raise medal hopesshreyasi was joint with pearson on 49 points after two rounds with varsha third with 46 and moved up to second with 22 after the third while varsha held onto her spot with 21 in the last round shreyasi shot the highest of all competitors 25 to confirm herself a silver and then in the shootoff with cox once the scores were level at 96 she nailed both her shots while the australian missed her second trap varsha currently a senior at harvard university in cambridge massachusetts where she is majoring in economics overcame a poor start to the final round to keep herself in contention for a bronze but the 54yearold pearsons experience came to the fore as the final round drew to a close and she took bronze with a total of 87 to varshas 86 a graduate of delhi universitys hans raj college shreyasi won two medals at the 61st national shooting championship in new delhi last year watch cwg gold for shreyasi varsha misses bronze