Asian Shooting Championships: Sift Kaur Samra wins gold in 50m rifle 3 positions event

Sift Kaur Samra clinched the individual gold medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event at the 16th Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.

Sift scored 459.2 to take the top spot. She was followed by Yujie Yang of China (458.8) and Japan’s Misaki Nobata (448.2).

Ashi Chouksey, the other Indian in the individual eight-shooter final, finished seventh with a score of 402.8.

Samra and Ashi had finished the qualification round in second and fifth place, respectively, but entered the final as first and fourth, as another Indian, Shriyanka Sadandi, who had topped the qualification round, was competing in the ‘Ranking Points Only’ (RPO) category. RPO shooters cannot compete for medals.

Earlier in the day, Sift and Ashi had combined with stalwart Anjum Moudgil to clinch the team gold in the same event.

Samra fired 589, while Ashi shot 586 and Anjum managed 578 as the trio aggregated 1753 points to clinch the top spot ahead of Japan, which aggregated 1750, and South Korea, which took the bronze with a combined total of 1745.

Published on Aug 26, 2025