An inspiration: Sift Kaur; Left medicinal career and made a career in shooting, father is a farmer

Punjab shooter Sift Kaur Samra has made the country proud by winning gold in the 50m three position rifle individual event (women) for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Along with winning the gold medal, Sift has also created a new world record. He scored 469.6 which is 2.6 more than the previous record. Sift gave priority to winning medals for the country over MBBS. Sift, who took admission in MBBS through NEET in the Medical College, Faridkot in 2021, faced a time when she had to choose between MBBS and shooting.

21-year-old Sift, who won a medal in 50 meter 3 position in the Bhopal Shooting World Cup this year, chose shooting and left medicine and enrolled in physical education in Amritsar. Sift says that studying medicine and shooting could not go together. He had to choose between the two. He and his parents chose shooting.

Had left exams earlier for shooting
Sift recently traveled to Paris with the Indian shooting team to acclimatise to the ranges at the Paris Olympics. She says that due to shooting, she was not able to appear for MBBS examinations due to lack of 80 percent attendance. Even during that time, he was facing a big dilemma whether to choose examinations or shooting, he still chose shooting. She had to study again for the first year to pursue MBBS, but when she climbed the podium and the country's flag went up while winning a medal at the Bhopal World Cup, her head held high with pride. His father Pawandeep Singh and he then decided to leave MBBS.

Shooting started five years ago
Sift started shooting only five years ago. Last year, he won one gold, two silver and bronze in the Junior World Championships. After this she made it to the senior team and now she has won gold in the Asiad. Sift also participated in the World University Games held in China in late July, where he gained experience in a multi-sport sporting event. Sift had won two gold medals for India in this. He especially got to know about food. He benefited from this experience in the Asian Games.

Sift has also won two bronze medals in the ISSF World Cup. His record in the Junior Cup is even better. He had won one gold, two silver and one bronze medals in the same Junior Cup last year. However, Sift's account has not yet been opened in the World Championship. Abhinav Bindra had won gold for India in shooting in the 2008 Olympics. In 2012, it got two medals in shooting, but in the last two Olympics, India has not got a single medal in shooting. Now the country will once again have high expectations from the shooting in Paris. There will be a lot of expectations from Sift also.

Brother left shooting and took up medicinal career
Sift's father is a farmer, but his family is a family of doctors. Four to five of his cousins are doctors. His younger brother is also a shooter and has won a medal in school nationals. According to Sift, he qualified NEET after 12th exam, but he has given up shooting and will study medicine.