Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Rudrankksh Patil Overcomes Setbacks to Win Asian Games Bronze
Rudrankksh Patil is an Indian sport shooter.
He competed in the 10-meter air rifle event at the Asian Games.
He started the final very strongly and was briefly in the lead.
His teammate Himanshu Dhillon was also close to winning a medal.
China’s Sheng Lihao then shot very consistently and took gold.
Dhillon won silver with 231 points.
Patil won bronze with 230.9 points, just one-tenth fewer.
Patil had faced several disappointments during the previous year.
He said those setbacks made him work harder and made the bronze especially meaningful.
Rudrankksh Patil won bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event at the Asian Games.
Patil finished with 230.9 points, one-tenth behind India teammate Himanshu Dhillon’s silver-winning 231.
China’s Sheng Lihao won gold after moving ahead following the 16th shot.
Patil said he had cried after recent near misses and felt overlooked for the Khel Ratna.
The medal followed a difficult year that included a World Championships failure, a World Cup fourth-place finish and poor practice sessions.
- Who
- India’s Rudrankksh Patil and Himanshu Dhillon competed against China’s Sheng Lihao and other shooters.
- What
- Patil won bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event, while Dhillon won silver and Sheng won gold.
- When
- Monday, September 21, 2026, during the ongoing Asian Games.
- Where
- Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- Patil said he kept working through recent disappointments, including near misses, an awards omission and difficult practice sessions.
- Event
- Men’s 10m air rifle individual final
- Competition
- 20th Asian Games 2026
- Patil’s result
- Bronze with 230.9 points
- Dhillon’s result
- Silver with 231 points
- Gold medalist
- Sheng Lihao of China
- Medal margin
- One-tenth of a point separated Patil from silver
- Recent setbacks
- Failure to reach the 2025 World Championships final, fourth place at the World Cup Final in Doha, and omission from the National Sports Awards