Kuwait eased past India to win the men's team trap event in Nicosia ©ISSF

Australia and Kuwait claimed gold medals in the team trap events at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Nicosia.

Penny Smith, Laetisha Scanlan and Catherine Skinner kept their cool to beat Rachel Leighanne Tozier, Aeriel Alease Skinner and Ida Faye Brown of USA 6-4 overall.

Kazhakstan’s Sarsenkul Rysbekova, Mariya Dmitriyenko and Aizhan Dosmagambetova won the bronze medal after beating Germany’s Katrin Quooss, Kathrin Murche and Bettina Valdorf by the same score line.

Among men, Naser Meqlad, Abdulrahman Al Faihan and Talal Alrashidi from Kuwait eased past India’s Vivaan Kapoor, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman 6-2.

The Polish trio of Tomasz Pasierbski, Piotr Kowalczyk and Daniel Krzysztof Mrozek settled for bronze after a tough 6-4 win over Turkey’s Yavuz Ilnam, Tolga Tuncer and Oguzhan Tuzun.

The men's and women's skeet events is scheduled to be held tomorrow.