India’s Sift Kaur Samra came up with a record-breaking performance to claim the gold medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3-positions Individual competition at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in the 19th Asian Games here on Wednesday.
With a score of 469.6, Sift set a new World Record, a new Asian Games record and also the Asian Record to finish on the top in one of the most difficult of the shooting competitions as it tests the shooter’s abilities in kneeling, prone and standing positions.
Sift broke the previous world record of 467.0 held by Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain, who set the mark at the ISSF World Cup in Baku in May this year.
India’s Ashi Chouksey (451.9) claimed the bronze medal in this category finishing behind China’s Qiongyue Zhang (462.3).
Earlier, Sift and Ashi along with teammate Mannini Koushik had won silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3-positions Team event.
Esha Singh strikes Silver in Women’s 25m Pistol at Asian Games
Esha Singh won a silver medal for India in the Women’s 25m Pistol Individual event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday, adding it to the gold in the Team event she had bagged earlier in the morning along with teammates Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwam at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre.
Esha, who along with the experienced Manu Bhaker, had qualified for the final in the Individual, shot a score of 34 points and finished second behind China’s Rui Liu, who set a new Asian Games record with a total of 38 points, improving the previous mark of 34 points set by India’s Rahi Sarnobat in 2018 edition in Jakarta/Palembang (Indonesia).
Korea’s Jiin Yang took the bronze medal with a score of 29 points after winning a shoot-off with China’s Sixuan Feng.
India’s Manu Bhaker lost out on a medal and finished fifth.
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