Asian Games: Shooter Sift Kaur Samra bags gold, Ashi Chouksey gets bronze

HANGZHOU: India's Sift Kaur Samra bagged a gold while Ashi Chouksey got a bronze medal in the women's 50 m rifle 3P individual final at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, giving the country a double podium finish.

With the score of 469.6 points, Sift not only topped the charts to secure a gold, but also broke the world record, Asian record and the Asian Games record. The world record was held by Great Britain, the Asian record was held by China and the Asian Games record was previously held by Mongolia.

The silver medal went to Qiongyue Zhang of China with 462.3 points and the bronze went to Ashi with 451.9 points.

With this, India has its ninth medal in shooting currently at the event and its fifth overall gold medal at the Asian Games Hangzhou.

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 GOLDwith 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

AND ANOTHER BRONZE

Outstanding performance by the Shooter, Ashi Chouksey finished 3️⃣rd in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual, winning India it's 8️⃣th bronze at the #AsianGames2022 ⚡

With this, Ashi has won a total of 3️⃣ medals (21 ) so far. Proud of you,… pic.twitter.com/IQhhdQyA6m

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 27, 2023

Earlier today, the Indian shooting trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan continued the country's dominating run at shooting as they captured a Gold medal in women's 25 m pistol team event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday. India got a total of 1759 points, enough to clinch the gold. The silver medal was secured by China with 1756 points. South Korea got the bronze medal with a total of 1742 points.

Also, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samara secured a silver medal for India in the women's 50 m rifle 3P team shooting event on Wednesday. With a score of 1754 points, India secured a silver medal at the event, falling just 19 points short of a gold medal.

India got a total of 1759 points, enough to clinch the gold. The silver medal was secured by China with 1756 points. South Korea got the bronze medal with a total of 1742 points. 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.