Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:38am on 21 Sep 2026,Monday Sports
Indian shooters added two individual medals at the Asian Games 2026 as Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudrankksh Patil claimed bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle event on September 21. Patil led for much of the final while chasing India’s first gold, but a 9.7 score dropped him to third. He finished with 230.9 points, while Dhillon secured silver with 252.4. China’s Sheng Lihao won gold with 252.2 points. The result marked India’s third shooting medal of the day after Patil, Dhillon and Parth Mane won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event. India’s women had earlier won two silver medals in the event at the Asian Games.
