The 21-year-old beat home favourite Ankur Mittal by 75 hits to 74 in the final match at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, adding to compatriot Penny Smith’s triumph in the women’s trap last Friday (February 24).

Willett crushed all of his first 36 targets to take an early lead but he gradually lost ground to Mittal and found himself tied with his rival after 30 doubles when they were the only remaining shooters in the match.

Mittal then missed three hits in a short space of time, while Willett shot with superb precision to establish a consistent gap with only five doubles remaining.

The Australian managed his advantage wisely and subsequently collected the gold medal.

Competing in a final match for the first time in his senior career, Great Britain’s James Dedman won the bronze medal. 

The 18-year-old, participating at his third ISSF World Cup, missed a crucial target in his third-to-last double, but still finished with a junior world record score of 56 hits. 

Earlier in the day, Zhang Yiwen kept up China’s perfect record in the rifle and pistol finals with victory in the women’s 50 metres rifle three positions.

The 21-year-old World Cup debutant moved into the lead during the standing position series and secured gold with 455.7 points having managed 9.3 with her last shot.

Zhang had earlier finished the kneeling series in fourth place with 151.7 points and then climbed up to third after closing a strong prone position section with 306.3.

Singapore’s Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei had a chance to overtake the eventual winner, but a disappointing 8.3 points from her last shot saw her finish second with 453.8.

Two-time World Cup medallist Eva Roesken of Germany finished the kneeling section of the event in the lead with 153.0 poiints before dropping to second at the end of the prone series with 307.7 and then to third in the final with 443.6.

She was followed by her team-mate Jolyn Beer, the 22-year old winner of last year’s ISSF World Cup in Thailand’s capital Bangkok.

After completing the kneeling series in eighth place with 149.1 points, she moved up in the rankings through the standing position to collect a total of 433.0.

Action in New Delhi is due to continue tomorrow when the medallists in the men’s 10m air pistol and 50m rifle prone events will be decided.