The Chinese shooter banished the disappointment of having to settle for silver in yesterday's 10m air rifle event by topping the podium at the Schießsportzentrum.

The 20-year-old took the junior world title as he prevailed in a shoot-off with the Czech Republic’s Filip Nepejchal.

Both shooters had amassed a total of 456.4 points, meaning a decisive tie-breaker was the only way to decide the destination of the gold medal.

Liu laid down an impressive marker with his effort as he scored a 10.3, which Nepejchal was unable to match as he could only muster a 8.7.

The result handed Liu his first junior world crown.

Norway’s 19-year-old Henrik Larsen, who was in pole position earlier on a the competition but failed to build on his lead, ended with the bronze medal.

The Norwegian scored 445.4 to comfortably beat fourth-placed finisher Borna Petanjek, who claimed bronze in the 10m air rifle yesterday.

Petanjek finished some way adrift of Larsen on a score of 433.7.

There was further success for China as Cao Lijia claimed the women's 25m pistol honours after hitting 36 targets.

Cao beat nearest challenger Miroslava Mincheva of Bulgaria, who ended with silver, by one in another closely-fought final.

Chen Yan added to the Chinese haul by taking bronze on 29 hits.

Cao's triumph brought China's individual gold medal tally to six.

The women's 25m pistol event closed the official programme of the event in the German city, with 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol mixed team competitions due to be held tomorrow.

Theses events were added to the programme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, along with a similar event in trap.

They replaced the double trap, 50 metres pistol and 50m rifle competitions.