India bagged their second gold medal of the day with rifle shooter Sift Kaur Samra bagging the top spot in the 50m rifle 3P individual event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Sift smashed the world record with an overall score of 469.6 and a last shot of 10.2 on Day 4 of the Asian Games.
The previous mark was 467 by Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain set in Baku in May this year. India’s Ashi Chouksey finished in third place and had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.
Earlier, Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik winning the silver medal in the women’s 50m 3 Positions team event with a total score of 1,764.
GOLD WITH A WORLD RECORD__@SiftSamra puts up an impressive performance in the 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions Individual event and takes home the prestigious GOLD_with a World Record_
Superb feat from the 22-year-old __ Shooter_ who has taken the country’s gold count to 5___ pic.twitter.com/3S86sVTYRP
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 27, 2023
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 position event with a total score of 1764 in the qualification.
Earlier, the team of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar had captured a world-record-breaking gold in men’s 10 metre air rifle team. Also in the women’s 10 m air rifle team, the trio of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal and Ashi Chouksey had got a silver.
Ramita also secured a bronze medal in the women’s 10 m air rifle individual event. Aishwary had also won a bronze in the men’s 10 m air rifle individual event. The men’s 25 m rapid-fire pistol trio of Adarsh Singh, Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala had also got a bronze to their name.
Now India has 18 medals at the ongoing Hangzhou meet, with five golds, five silvers and eight bronze medals.Earlier, the team of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar had captured a world-record-breaking gold in men’s 10 metre air rifle team. Also in the women’s 10 m air rifle team, the trio of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal and Ashi Chouksey had got a silver.
Ramita also secured a bronze medal in the women’s 10 m air rifle individual event. Aishwary had also won a bronze in the men’s 10 m air rifle individual event. The men’s 25 m rapid-fire pistol trio of Adarsh Singh, Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala had also got a bronze to their name.
Now India has 18 medals at the ongoing Hangzhou meet, with five golds, five silvers and eight bronze medals.