Asian Video games gold medalist Sift Kaur Samra’s father, Pawandeep Singh, open that Sift left her MBBS research to pursue a occupation in taking pictures. Bharat’s Sift Kaur Samra bagged a gold within the girls’s 50 m rifle 3P person ultimate on the ongoing Asian Video games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, giving the rustic a double podium end. “We’re more than pleased and proud. Needs are coming from in all places. Each and every mother or father feels satisfied that our daughter received and made Bharat and Faridkot proud. She left MBBS to pursue occupation in taking pictures,” Sift’s father said. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally)
“We all saw the match today, we all were focusing on the score and who is going up. It was great to see the match,” her mother Ramnik Kaur added.
It is noteworthy that Sift Kaur, who dreamed of becoming a doctor, started rifle shooting as an amateur while studying in school.
While studying in class 10th at Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot, Sifat Kaur started practising shooting in school at the behest of her teacher and started participating in competitions.
After her excellent performance in the tournaments at state level and national level, Sifat Kaur was selected for international games and there too she left no stone unturned to bring glory to the country.
Sift Kaur won the medal with the score of 469.6 points, Sift not only topped the charts to secure a gold, but also broke the world record, Asian record and the Asian Games record. The world record was held by Great Britain, the Asian record was held by China and the Asian Games record was previously held by Mongolia. The silver medal went to Qiongyue Zhang of China with 462.3 points and the bronze went to Ashi with 451.9 points.
With this, India has its ninth medal in shooting currently at the event and its fifth overall gold medal at the Asian Games Hangzhou.
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