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For context, China's Xia Siyu started the qualification with a perfect score in kneeling and prone - 400/400. But others were also not doing well, so I thought I could recover.'Įarlier in the morning, she showed her consistency in all 3 positions with a Games record-equalling score 594 (out of 600). 'In the first round, I wasn't that good during my first five shots. I knew I have to do very well in kneeling,' she said on her plan in the final. My standing is strong so I knew if I take the lead in first (prone), I can do very well. 'I also was looking at the scores for all the three sections.

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She claimed the lead after the first kneeling series of 15 shots, but was just 0.1 points ahead of Zhang.Īfter the second prone series, in 30 shots - she was 0.9 points ahead of fellow Indian Ashi Chouksey in second position.Īfter 35 shots she was 2.8 points ahead of Chouksey.Īfter 40 shots, she had a sizeable 5-point lead and had all but confirmed gold with the single shot eliminations beginning. Her numbers in the final are mind-boggling: And they have to do the whole sequence twice within a few hours, from qualification through to the final. A shooter has to set up and adjust their sights three times, without losing concentration. The 50m rifle 3P is shooting's equivalent of long-distance running the target is much further away than in other range events and the shooters need to manage external factors like wind conditions while maintaining a time limit. To do it in a long-drawn final like 3P is phenomenal.ĭominance, thy name is Sift Kaur Samra �� /oM5qBmVB4v To be more than 7 points ahead in a full-strength shooting final is a rare occurrence. On the day, it felt like Samra was seeing the bull's eye target like a football, or at least better than all her competitors. In tennis, there is often a phrase used when a player is hitting exceptionally - seeing the ball like a football. Yet, Samra's appetite for a challenge is evident in the way she competed on Wednesday. There are not many similarities between shooting and medicine and balancing the two fields, both requiring above-average smarts and focus, takes a special effort. She chose shooting, unconventional as the choice may be. She dropped out after a year, when her sporting success compelled her to make a choice between becoming a doctor and a shooter.

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But Samra (22) has already shown she's got the mental capabilities: she's cracked NEET, the notoriously difficult all-Indian medical entrance test, and was a medical student at GGS Medical College, Faridkot. It takes a remarkable level of both physical and mental strength to achieve this. She dominated the final from the third series, not giving the lead once she claimed it, putting more and more distance between her and the next in line.Īnd she did it across 3 different positions, one of the more gruelling disciplines in shooting. She broke the final world record by a sizeable 2.6 points - after setting an Asian Games in record in qualification. She finished a whopping 7.3 points ahead of the silver medallist, the reigning world champion, Zhang Qiongyue of China. Shooting is a sport of fine margins, with the difference in finishing positions often coming down to decimals.Īt the Asian Games today, Sift Kaur Samra shot that theory out of the sky, winning India's first individual gold medal in Hangzhou with one of the most dominant performances seen in a 50m rifle 3 positions final. Sift Kaur Samra: Once med student, now world-record gold medallist at Asian Games

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