After winning India’s first-ever individual shooting Asiad gold medal in Hangzhou last year, breaking the world record in the process, Sift kicked off the Olympic shooting trials with a dominant performance,Recovering from a poor qualification round, as well as a 1.1 point deficit after the first 15 shots in the kneeling position in the final, Sift looked at ease from the moment she took the lead after a near-perfect second stage in the prone position, and cruised to a comfortable win.Falling prey to heady expectations after breakthrough performances and world record scores has plagued Indian shooting in the past two Olympics. Pressure, especially of an Olympics, has fallen on young shoulders that are not used to it, and consistency has evaded even the elite crop at times.
Shooter Sift Kaur Samra, riding high for Asian Games from Paris Olympics selection
