The 26-year-old shooter achieved a total score of 619.1 in the final of the event, which took place at the Olympic Shooting Range in Azerbaijan’s capital city.

She finished clear of Ukraine's Dariya Sharipova, who ended as the silver medallist on a tally of 615.5 points.

The podium was rounded off by Sweden's Marie Enqvist, who scored 613.6, with Switzerland’s Marina Boesiger just 0.1 behind in fourth.

Ukraine were confirmed as the winners of the team competition, holding off the challenge of Germany and Austria.

Yury Shcherbatsevich of Belarus triumphed in the men’s individual event, as he achieved a tally of 626 points.

He was followed by Austria’s Thomas Mathis and Russia’s Sergey Kamenskiy, who scored 617 and 616 respectively.

Shcherbatsevich also helped Belarus to the team title, with Austria and France sealing the respective podium places.

There was victory for Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov in the men’s 50m pistol competition, as he ended with a total of 230.5.

It was enough to improve from his bronze medal from the 2016 edition of the event, with Serbia’s Damir Mikec finishing the final with lower scoring shots to end on 226.0 in second place. 

Latvia’s Lauris Strautmanis was eliminated from the competition in third place, but his score of 208.7 was enough to seal the bronze.

Mikec and fourth placed finisher Dimitrije Grgic helped Serbia to gold in the team event, while Ukraine and Russia earned silver and bronze respectively.

The Championships will continue tomorrow, with the event set to take place until August 4.