Shymkent, Aug. 26 -- India's Sift Kaur Samra, the reigning Asian Games champion, ensured the nation's stellar run remained intact at the Asian Shooting Championship 2025 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, by scripting a gold medal victory in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event on Tuesday.

Before extending her dominance in the tournament, she bagged a team gold with Ashi Chouksey and Anjum Moudgil. Coming to her commanding performance in the individual final, she tallied 459.2 points to top the standings ahead of the People's Republic of China's Yujie Yang, who finished with 458.8 points.

Samra was trailing Yang by 0.3 points as the gripping final headed into the final two shots in the standing position. The Indian held demonstrated a lesson i...