Asian Games 2026: Indian shooters continue to shine in the Asian Games 2026. On Monday, in the men’s 10 meter air rifle individual event, Indian shooters displayed their excellent form and added two more medals to the country. Young shooter Himanshu Dhillon won the silver medal by hitting brilliantly accurately, while former world champion Rudraksh Patil won the bronze medal for the country.
With these two medals, India’s total number of shooting medals in the current mega competition has increased to five. The special thing is that just a few hours before this individual success, the same trio had also won the silver medal in the team event.
Strong performance by Himanshu and Rudraksh
During the match, both the Indian players presented a tough competition. After completion of Series 7 of Stage 2, Himanshu Dhillon scored a total of 252.4 points and stood second. At the same time, China’s Lihao Sheng won the gold medal with an excellent score of 254.2, which is also a new Asian record. Apart from this, former world champion Rudraksh Patil scored 230.9 points by the end of the sixth series of Stage 2 and won the bronze medal by finishing third.
The match was at an exciting turn
The beginning of the final match was very exciting. Rudraksh Patil made a very strong start in the initial round and saw a tough competition with Lihao Sheng of China. He ended his second series with an impressive aggregate score of 106.0, while Lihao was on 104.9 and Himanshu was on 104.8. However, in the sixth series of Stage 2, Rudraksh missed his target a bit and could score only 9.7 points. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Himanshu Dhillon took the lead with an excellent shot of 10.6 and took the second position.
India’s dominance in shooting range
This spectacular success comes just after the team silver medal that Himanshu and Rudraksh, along with Parth Mane, had won in the 10 meter air rifle team final some time ago. A day before this, Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Muskar and Vidharsha Vinod had won the silver medal in the women’s 10 meter air rifle team event, immediately after which Elavenil won another silver medal for the country in the individual event. This excellent performance of Indian shooters continues.