Gritty Kaur Samra clinches 50m 3P bronze as Anjum Moudgil fails to impress in capturing WC

India’s upcoming shooter Sift Kaur Samra got here up with an impressed efficiency to clinch her second senior medal on the worldwide stage, beating a troublesome area to win the 50m rifle 3P bronze on the penultimate day of the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup right here on Sunday.

On a day when China continued their domination, with Zhang Qiongyue successful gold within the occasion, Samra, the reigning nationwide champion, scored a complete of 403.9 factors within the rating spherical to complete third, at the same time as Zhang (414.7 factors) and Czech Republic’s Aneta Brabcova (411.3) entered the title spherical.

In the gold-medal spherical, Zhand defeated her Czech rival 16-8.

India are at present second on the medals desk behind China with one gold, one silver and 5 bronze medals.

Samra added to the bronze medal she had received final yr on the World Cup in Changwon, China.

All eyes had been on world championships silver medallist in air rifle Anjum Moudgil within the preliminary spherical of the 3P occasion. But Samra was in a special zone on Sunday, capturing excellent collection in all three positions to emerge second greatest on the finish of the qualification spherical with a rating of 588.

Samra shot a complete of 194 (99, 95) in kneeling place, an ideal 200 in susceptible (100, 100) and 194 in standing (97, 97), whereas Anjum slipped to seventeenth with a rating of 583. The third Indian, Manini Kaushik, barley missed the eighth and final qualification spot on the depend of ‘inner 10s’.

Samra, 21, who had a number of the greatest scores within the trials held in New Delhi forward of the World Cup, had three terrible ‘standing’ rounds within the rating match, which allowed Zhang and Brabcova to race away to the highest.

While the Indian did nicely in kneeling place — 102.2 (51.7, 50.5) — and susceptible — 103.4 (51.8, 51.6) –, her ‘standing’ scores let her down. She got here up with a median 50.4 within the first standing collection however thereafter her scores went down additional and she or he managed simply 196.3 (50.4, 49.0, 49.2 and 49.7) in that place to finish up with bronze.