In a final where the latest Chinese sensation Peng Xinlu shattered the world record, India's Meghana Sajjanar, playing a first world final in eight years, clinched bronze in the women's 10m air rifle
Olympian and reigning mixed team pistol world champion Esha Singh ended India's medal drought at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol, clinching gold in the women's 10m air pistol.
World Championship bronze-medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh and well-known rifle exponent Manini Kaushi failed to get India's campaign going in the ISSF World Cup.
Curtains were drawn on the 16th Asian Shooting Championship, and after 12 exhilarating competition days, the Indian team registered a historic best-ever showing.
India have so far clinched 72 medals in the competition that also features junior events. Thirty nine of these medals are gold, a tally helped to a large extent by the brilliant show of junior shooters.
This was Sift Kaur Samra's fourth Asian Championships gold, and she was in a different zone altogether in the event as she qualified for the eight-shooter final placed No.1 with a score of 589.
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol competition before the Indian shooters swept the junior event at the Asian Shooting Championship.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar dished out a dominant show to win the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions competition at the Asian Shooting Championship.
India's Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan bagged the gold medal in 10m air rifle mixed team event of 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on Saturday.