Shriyanka sadandi

Asian Shooting Confederation: Sift Kaur Samra won the gold medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual as well as the team event at the Asian Shooting Championships here on Tuesday.

Sift scored 459.2 to take the yellow medal with Yujie Yang of China (458.8) and Japan’s Misaki Nobata (448.2) taking silver and gold respectively. Another Indian in the eight-woman final, Ashi Chouksey, finished seventh with a score of 402.8.

Sift and Ashi were placed second and fifth, respectively, in the qualification round. But, the duo 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.