Sift bags bronze at ISSF World Cup in Munich

Sift Kaur Samra, India’s star shooter and a student of BPES, Department of Physical Education at Guru Nanak Dev University, has clinched bronze medal in ISSF World Cup, Munich.

Samra scored 453.1 in the final. The 23-year-old shooter scored 592 in the qualification stage earlier to place behind leader Agathe Cecile Camille Girard of France.

In the eight-woman final, Sift was stuck in the mid-table zone after the kneeling and prone series ahead of the elimination. With consecutive 10s in standing, which also serves as the elimination series, Sift continued climbing the charts until she fell 0.9 short of Swiss Emely Jaeggi, who picked up the silver.

This is her second straight medal win at an international event. Samra delivered a sensational performance to clinch India’s first gold medal of the season at the ISSF World Cup 2025 in Buenos Aires, earlier this year, triumphing in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) final.

Samra holds the world record in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions – a stunning 469.6, when she made history at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.