Sift saves best for last to bag 1st World Cup gold

SIFT Kaur Samra was in a spot of bother during the early stages of her competition at the Tiro Federal Argentino de Buenos Aires Shooting Range in Buenos Aires in the late afternoon (early Saturday morning IST) on Friday.

- ANMOL GURUNG

SIFT Kaur Samra was in a spot of bother during the early stages of her competition at the Tiro Federal Argentino de Buenos Aires Shooting Range in Buenos Aires in the late afternoon (early Saturday morning IST) on Friday. But she made a remarkable comeback to capture her first gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.

The lone Indian to have earned a spot in the eight-woman 50m 3 positions final of the ongoing World Cup in Argentina, Sift was fighting for survival during kneeling—the first stage of the final. While Sift continued to err, the rest of the pack continued to thrive and widen the gap. After kneeling, Sift was bottom of the list—3.5 off the No 7 shooter and a sizeable 7.2 off the leader.