Anjali Vedpathak-Bhagwat won the women's air rifle gold at the World Cup Finals in Milan, Italy.

The ace Indian shooter, who had won the silver at the same event last year, shot 502.4 to win the yellow metal ahead of China's Du Li (501.1) and Japan's Hiromi Misaki (500).

The World Cup Finals features the ten best performers in the four World Cup events of the year.

Anjali, who was conferred the Khel Ratna, India's highest sports award, last month, shot 399 in the preliminary and 103.4 in the final round.

The level of competition which Anjali had to face can be gauged from the fact that World champion Katerina Kurkova of the Czech Republic finished fifth while defending champion Lioubob Galkina of Russia ended up sixth.

On the disappointing note for the Indian fans, Abhinav Bindra failed to make it to the final round of the men's air rifle event, finishing last among the ten contestants, with a score of 590.