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Shooting World Cup: Sensational Sift Wins Gold In 50m Rifle 3P In Argentina
Paris Olympian Raiza Dhillon: A sensational Sift Kaur Samra, pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) final at the Tiro Federal Argentino de Buenos Aires shooting range late on Friday evening, to claim a first individual ISSF World Cup gold and in the process also helping India win their first yellow medal of the season-opening world cup stage.
The world record holder was a huge 7.2 behind Anita Mangold of Germany, the leader at that stage and eventual silver medalist, after 15-shots in the first Kneeling position, but Sift staged a dream comeback in the second Prone and final Standing positions to win by a canter in the end.
For the record Sift finished with 458.6 at the end of the 45-shot final, while Mangold ended 3.3 behind on 455.3. Junior World Championship medalist Arina Altukhova of Kazakhstan was third, bowing out after the 44th shot with a tally of 445.9.
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