Sift Kaur Samra, an Indian shooter, won her first solo ISSF World Cup gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3-positions final with an incredible comeback effort.
Sift Kaur Samra of India won her first solo ISSF World Cup gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3-positions final, while Esha Singh took silver in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 23-year-old Sift from Faridkot thus secured India’s first gold medal of the season-opening World Cup stage event at the Tiro Federal Argentino de Buenos Aires shooting range late Friday. The world record holder trailed Anita Mangold of Germany by 7.2 points after 15 shots in the first kneeling position. However, she mounted a stunning recovery in the second Prone and final Standing places, winning by a canter in the end.Sift finished with 458.6 points in the 45-shot final, while Mangold finished 3.3 points behind with 455.3.
Arina Altukhova of Kazakhstan finished third, with 445.9 points after the 44th stroke.
India currently has three medals in the competition, with Chain Singh winning gold, silver, and bronze in the men’s 3P.
