Asian Games: Sift Kaur Samra wins gold in 50m rifle 3 positions, scripts World Record; Ashi Chouksey wins silver

Sift Kaur Samra has won gold while her compatriot Ashi Chouksey in 50m rifle 3 positions shooting individual event. Sift did it in style scoring 469.6 pts which is a new world record.

Hangzhou: Indian shooters Sift Kaur Samra produced some excellent shooting to win a gold medal in the individual 50-meter rifle three positions (3P) event while Ashi Chouksey settled for the bronze medal at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Samra won it in a style with shooting 469.6 points creating a world and a Games record and went on to win the gold medal.

Her compatriot Ashi Chouksey was in the 2nd position before the last shot and had to settle for a bronze after with a shot 451.9 to bag the third position in the eight-women final.

Host country 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.)

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  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 5️⃣… pic.twitter.com/3S86sVTYRP

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  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 5️⃣… pic.twitter.com/3S86sVTYRP

  — SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 27, 2023

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.