Sift Kaur Samra, a promising shooter from India, put on an impressive display to win her
second senior medal at the international level.
Deepika Kaur Samra, an up-and-coming shooter from India, put up an incredible
performance to win the 50m rifle 3P bronze on the last day of the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World
Cup here on Sunday, defeating a competitive field. This is her second senior medal at the
international level.
Samra, the current national champion, finished third with a total of 403.9 points in the
ranking round on a day when Zhang Qiongyue won gold in the competition, continuing
China’s dominance.Aneta Brabcova of the Czech Republic (411.3) and Zhang (414.7 points)
both advanced to the championship round.
Zhand won the gold medal match 16-8 over her Czech opponent.
With one gold, one silver, and five bronze medals, India is presently second in the medal
standings, trailing only China.
Samra added to her bronze medal from the World Cup in Changwon, China, from the
previous year.
Anjum Moudgil, who won the air rifle silver medal at the world championships, was the
centre of attention during the 3P preliminary round. Samra, though, was in a different frame
of mind on Sunday, shooting great series in all three places to place second overall with a
score of 588 at the conclusion of the qualification round.Samra shot a total of 194 (99, 95)
while kneeling, a perfect 200 (100, 100) while prone, and 194 (97, 97) when standing, while
Anjum dropped to 17th place with a score of 583. Manini Kaushik, the third Indian, narrowly
missed qualifying for the final berth on the list of “inside 10s” in eighth place.
Samra, 21, who had earned some of the highest marks in the trials held in New Delhi before
to the World Cup, had three terrible “standing” rounds in the ranking match, which let Zhang
and Brabcova surge ahead.
The Indian performed admirably in the prone position (103.4 (51.8, 51.6) and in the kneeling
position (102.2 (51.7, 50.5), but her standing scores fell short.She achieved an average of
50.4 in the first standing series, but after that, her scores continued to decline, and in that
position, she only managed 196.3 (50.4, 49.0, 49.2 and 49.7), earning bronze
