Indian Women Bring Home Silver In 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Event, Open Medals Account On Day 4 Of Asian Games 2023

Sift Kaur Samra (595) - 2nd, Ashi Chouksey (590) - 6th, qualified for individual final which takes place at 9:30AM IST on Wednesday. Manini Kaushik finishes 18th with 580.

___ Team India Shines Bright ___

Incredible marksmanship on display! __

Congratulations to our phenomenal trio, @SiftSamra, Manini Kaushik, and Ashi Chouksey, on their stellar performance in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Team event! ___

Very well done, girls!!_ pic.twitter.com/wTC9e3XwVz

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 27, 2023

Sift Kaur Samra was the best of the shooters as she finished second with a score of 594 and broke the national record and Asian record of the event. She shot a perfect 200 in the prone position, 197 in a standing position, and 197 in the kneeling position.

Sift will feature in the individual final after finishing second in the qualification. Ashi Chouksey joined Sift in the individual final after she finished sixth with a score of 590 (199 in prone, 196 in standing, and 195 in kneeling).

This is the second medal for Ashi as she won the 10m air rifle team silver on the first day with Mehuli Ghosh and Ramita Jindal. Manini Kaushik failed to make it to the final as she finished 18th with a score of 580 but made sure the team finished on the podium.

The trio also had clinched gold in the same event at World University Games earlier in the month of July.

These were India’s sixth and seventh medals from the shooting ranges in three days of competition and they are expecting more on Wednesday with Indian shooters in medal contention in Indian competitions in both women’s 25m Pistol and 50m Rifle 3-Positions. The shotgun shooters are going through the second phase of their competitions in the men’s and women’s skeet events.

However, it was the Women’s 25m Pistol Team that took the spotlight on Wednesday morning as the team of Manu, Rhythm and Esha continued from where they had left off at the end of the first phase on Tuesday and covered themselves in glory with a good performance in Rapid fire section. The Indians were already in the lead after the precision round on Tuesday.

They finished with a combined score of 1759, finishing ahead of China, who had a score of 1756 with Korea taking the bronze medal with a score of 1742.

Earlier, it was the ball was set rolling in the Women's 50m Rifle 3-position by Sift, Ashi and Mannini who claimed a silver medal in the Team competition. The Indian team finished with a total of 1764 points to finish behind the Chinese team. The Indian team of Sift, Mannini and Ashi shot an aggregate score of 1764 to finish behind the Chinese team of Han J, Xia S and Zhang Q, who had a total of 1773. Republic of Korea Finished third for the bronze medal with a score of 1756.

(with IANS inputs)