Asian Games 2026: Himanshu Dhillon wins silver, Rudrankksh Patil baggage bronze in 10m air rifle

India’s Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil added a person silver and bronze, respectively, to the nation’s taking pictures haul on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, capping a memorable morning after the duo had earlier helped India win silver within the males’s 10m air rifle staff occasion.Himanshu held his nerve by means of the seven-series ultimate to complete second with a rating of 252.4, whereas Rudrankksh ended with 230.9 for bronze. China’s reigning Olympic champion Sheng Lihao received the gold with 254.2, ending 1.8 factors forward of Himanshu.The two Indians had entered the eight-shooter ultimate after producing robust qualification scores earlier within the morning. Rudrankksh completed third in qualification with 631.8, whereas Himanshu was seventh with 630.0. Their qualification performances had already secured their locations within the particular person ultimate and helped India to the staff silver.Himanshu began the ultimate strongly, scoring 52.2 within the opening sequence and transferring to 104.8 after two sequence. He remained in medal competition all through the elimination part, ultimately ending second behind Sheng.Rudrankksh, in the meantime, opened with 52.8 and moved into the medal positions early within the ultimate. He remained within the prime three by means of the elimination rounds earlier than ending with 230.9.The particular person medals got here simply hours after Rudrankksh, Himanshu and Parth Mane combined for 1890.1 points to win silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event. China took gold with a world-record 1899.0, whereas South Korea received bronze with 1884.2.The double podium end means all three Indian shooters who certified for the staff occasion contributed to a medal-winning efficiency, with Parth lacking out on the person ultimate after ending tenth in qualification.For Rudrankksh, the bronze provides one other Asian Games medal to his assortment after he was a part of India’s gold-medal successful males’s 10m air rifle staff on the Hangzhou Games. His newest medal additionally comes after he had received the person gold on the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships in New Delhi earlier this 12 months.For Himanshu, the silver marks a serious particular person achievement on the Asian Games and is available in his first look within the competitors’s 10m air rifle particular person ultimate.India’s taking pictures marketing campaign in Aichi-Nagoya has now produced a string of medals within the 10m air rifle occasions. Elavenil Valarivan had earlier won individual silver after additionally being a part of India’s silver-winning girls’s 10m air rifle staff.With Himanshu’s silver and Rudrankksh’s bronze added to the staff silver received earlier on Monday, India’s 10m air rifle marketing campaign has delivered three medals within the males’s occasion alone.The outcome additionally strengthens the early momentum for an Indian taking pictures contingent that had produced a file 22 medals on the Hangzhou Asian Games, together with seven golds.