new delhi the year so far has been a gamechanger for anukur mittal and the double trap shooter feels he is finally reaping the rewards of putting in the hard yards over the past few yearsthe 24yearold burst onto the scene with a silver medal at the seasonopening issf world cup in delhi last month less than a month later mittal has done one better winning the double trap gold at the issf world cup for shotgun in acapulco mexicoall the hard work pays off here mittal told pti after his triumphnot surprisingly the delhibased shooter who hails from sonipat haryana called the world recordequalling feat the best achievement in his fledgling careerit feels amazing to have won a gold medal in an issf world cup away from home and that too with a world record this is my highest medal i am really happy about my performance he saidit has not yet fully struck him and the feeling will definitely take time to sink inits a totally different usually the feeling will strike when i get back homein the final at club de caza mittal pipped his australian rival james willet to whom he lost out at the capitals karni singh shooting range exacting his revenge in less than a monthmittal equalled the world record set by willet in delhi recording 75 hits in the final the same as his australian rivalasked if the revenge was complete the unassuming marksman preferred not to read too much into iti wouldnt call it a revenge james is great shooter and winning and being defeated is all part of the game the conditions in the finals range i would say were perfect wind affected most of the qualification rounds but in the afternoon it was not so strong mittal had said after the award ceremonythe world cup gold and silver aside the doubletrap shooters achievements include gold and bronze at the asian shooting championships in 2014 and 2016 respectivelyeven as the double trap event is on its way out as part of the international olympic committees ioc aim to attain gender equality in its olympic programme by 2020 tokyo games mittal is not thinking about it as yetthe fact that the event will be there at next years asian games and commonwealth games is comforting for mittalits at least there till the commonwealth and asian games next year so i am focusing on it mittal had said