Asian Games: Shooter Sift Kaur Samra wins India’s first individual gold
While Samra won a gold in the individual 50m rifle 3 positions final event, India’s Ashi Chouksey settled for a bronze medal
India’s Sift Kaur Samra won the gold and Ashi Chouksey the bronze in the women’s individual 50m rifle 3 positions final. Image: PTI
Indian markswoman Sift Kaur Samra produced some excellent shooting to claim the gold medal in the individual 50m rifle 3 positions event while Ashi Chouksey settled for the bronze at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday (September 27).
Samra shot a world and Games record score of 469.6 to claim the yellow metal while Chouksey managed 451.9 to bag the third position in the eight-women final.
Host nation China's Qiongyue Zhang crashed what could have been an India one-two by winning the silver with a score of 462.3.
Before her triumph in the final, Samra broke the Asian Games record in qualification with a total score of 594 (out of 600) along with China's Xia Siyu, who finished on top by virtue of higher inner 10 scores (closer to the centre of the target.) Chouksey had a total of 590 and qualified in sixth position. Manini Kaushik, meanwhile, finished 18th with a score of 580.
The trio claimed the silver medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event with a total score of 1,764 in the qualification.
(With inputs from agencies)