Shooter Sift Kaur Samra secures two more gold for India in World University Games
The Hindu
Sift Kaur Samra secures two more gold for India in World University Games. The Indian shooters were not that strong in the other events of the day, the men’s air pistol and women’s sports pistol. Varun Tomar made the air pistol final but was placed seventh eventually. Along with Arjun Singh Cheema and Anmol Jain, Varun did manage to get a hold of the team bronze behind Korea and China. In women’s sports pistol, Manu Bhaker missed the final by two points. She had earlier won the air pistol gold. With Abhidnya Patil and Chinki Yadav as the other two members, the Indian team finished fourth behind China, Korea and Iran.
Sift Kaur Samra asserted her class as she beat compatriot Ashi Chouksey by 1.3 points for the gold in women’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the World University Games in Chengdu, China, on Tuesday.
Sift shot 462.9 in the final, after having scored the second-best 1180, in the old format of qualification of 120 shots. Manini Kaushik also made the final but ended up eighth.
The trio of Sift, Ashi and Manini beat China by two points for the team gold to strengthen India’s position at the top of the medals table in shooting.
The Indian shooters were not that strong in the other events of the day, the men’s air pistol and women’s sports pistol.
Varun Tomar made the air pistol final but was placed seventh eventually. Along with Arjun Singh Cheema and Anmol Jain, Varun did manage to get a hold of the team bronze behind Korea and China.
In women’s sports pistol, Manu Bhaker missed the final by two points. She had earlier won the air pistol gold. With Abhidnya Patil and Chinki Yadav as the other two members, the Indian team finished fourth behind China, Korea and Iran.
India was on top of the shooting medals table with eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals. China came second with four gold, four silver and five bronze. There will be mixed air rifle and mixed air pistol events to conclude the shooting schedule on Wednesday.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.