Zagreb: Manavjit Singh Sandhu won the men’s individual trap gold, edging past Italian Erminio Frasca and Bret Erickson of the US at the 49th World Shooting Championships here on Thursday.

Manavjit tallied 143 points, including 121 in the team event to clinch the third gold for India. His close competitors Frasca and Erickson were tied at 142, forcing the implementation of tie-shoot. In the tie-breaker, Frasca prevailed over Erickson to bag silver. The American had to be satisfied with bronze.

Earlier, Indian men’s trap team claimed the silver medal with its consistent performance over two days. India totalled 360 points out of a maximum 375 and finished just two points behind gold-medallists Russia. The bronze went to the United States (359).

Manavjit scored 121, Mansher Singh 120 and Anwar Sultan managed 119. The Indian tally at the championships now reads three golds, one silver and two bronze medals.

India were tied for the second spot with Australia after three qualifying rounds.

Manavjit shot 73 out of 75, which included a perfect first round 25, to be joint third in the individual event on Wednesday. The Indian, who has already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, shared the spot with three others ? Giovanni Pellielo of Italy, Russians Pavel Gurkin and Alexey Alipov. Compatriots Mansher and Anwar shot 72 each to be 13th and 14th, respectively, in the qualification round.

The Indian and Australian team, comprising Russell Mark, Adam Vella and Michael Diamond, tallied 217 each.