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Red hot riflers thank stars for not picking MBBS, IAS
Updated On: 28 September, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro
Sift Kaur Samra and Ashi Chouksey clinch team silver and individual gold, bronze at Asian Games
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Gold medallist Sift Kaur Samra (left) and bronze medal winner Ashi Chouksey at Hangzhou, China, yesterday. Pic/PTI
Sift Kaur Samra and Ashi Chouksey’s rifles were smoking hot at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre on Wednesday, when they first won a team silver in the 50m rifle 3-position along with Manini Kaushik and then went on to clinch gold and bronze respectively in the individual event. Interestingly, both girls are thanking their stars for choosing shooting over prestigious career options in MBBS and IAS respectively.
Samra in particular, was in red hot form, first setting a new Asian Games record of 594 in qualification and then creating a new world record of 469.6 in the final.
Chouksey tallied 451.9 for the individual bronze, her third medal at these Games, having bagged the 10m air rifle team silver a day earlier.
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