The 41-year-old sealed the win with two scores of 10.7 points in his final series at the Gabala Shooting Club in Azerbaijan.

His overall score of 249.8 points levelled the world record set by Japan’s Yamashita Toshikazu at this year’s first World Cup stage in New Delhi in India.

Grimmel faced fierce competition throughout from Belarus’ Yury Shcherbatsevich, a three-time Olympian whose only previous World Cup medal came in Bangkok in 2004.

Shcherbatsevich shot consistently for the whole final, matching Grimmel’s score at the end of the eighth series, but he failed to beat him in the ninth and conclusive tenth.

The Belarusian shooter finished in silver medal position on 248.9 points. 

Belgium’s Lionel Cox took third on 227.9 points, securing his second career World Cup medal after also winning bronze in Changwon in South Korea in 2013.

Austria’s Sylvia Steiner won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air pistol.

At the end of the eighth series, the Austrian overtook Russian 20-year-old Vitalina Batsarashkina, currently third in the world rankings.

Steiner finished on 237.5 while Batsarashkina scored 236.1 to take the silver medal. 

Mexico’s Alejandra Zavala Vazquez, current holder of the ISSF World Cup Final title, completed the podium with a total of 216.7 points.

After placing fifth and 54th in his two previous World Cup stages, China’s Yang Wei took the men’s 10m air pistol title.

The 31-year-old dominated the second half of the final, building a comfortable lead with two 10.3 combinations.

He finished with 240.1 points, claiming the first World Cup medal of his career.

Currently ranked third in the world in this event, Matsuda Tomoyuki of Japan took the silver medal on 237.9 points.

Ukraine’s Oleh Omelchuk claimed the bronze medal with 217.1 piints to win his second medal in Gabala, having already won gold in the men's 50m pistol event.