James Willett won gold alongside Laetisha Scanlan in the trap mixed team event ©Getty Images

Australian Olympic duo James Willett and Laetisha Scanlan have won gold in the trap mixed team event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Baku.

The pair defeated Portuguese couple Maria Inês Coelho de Barros and João Azevedo 6-2 in the final.

Tolga N Tuncer and Rumeysa Pelin Kaya of Turkey and Victor Khassyanov and Mariya Dmitriyenko of Kazakhstan won the bronze medals.

In the men’s 50 metre rifle three positions, Aleksi Leppä of Finland and Tomasz Bartnik of Poland were two of the starring acts who have progressed to the ranking match.

Leppa and Bartnik both claimed world titles at the 2018 World Championships.

Milenko Sebic qualified for the next round in the men’s 50 metre rifle three positions ©Getty Images
Milenko Sebic qualified for the next round in the men’s 50 metre rifle three positions ©Getty Images

Ukraine's Serhiy Kulish, who won Olympic silver in the men’s 10m air rifle event at Tokyo 2020, also progressed.

They are joined by Olympic bronze medallist Milenko Sebic of Serbia, Olympians István Péni of Hungary and Jan Lochbihler of Switzerland and world bronze medallist Gernot Rumpler.

In the women’s 25m pistol event, France’s Céline Goberville topped the rankings of the qualification relay one while Bulgaria’s Antoaneta Kostadinova was the outstanding shooter in the other qualifying rankings.

Goberville recorded a total of 291 and Kostadinova scored 292.