India continued its medal-winning run in shooting at the Asian Games 2026 as Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon secured silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event on Monday.
The Indian trio finished with a combined score of 1890.1, while China claimed gold with 1899.0 points. South Korea won bronze with 1841.4.
The medal was India’s third at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with all three coming in shooting and being silver medals.
The qualification round for the men’s 10m air rifle individual event also served as the team event final. Rudrankksh led India’s effort with a score of 631.8 to finish third individually, while Himanshu finished seventh with 630.0. Parth recorded 628.3 to finish 11th.
Rudrankksh began with 104.2 in his opening series before improving to 210.2 in the second and 315.9 after three series. He crossed 421.6 after four series and 527.1 after five before finishing with 631.8.
Parth opened with 104.5 and moved to 208.2 after two series. He reached 312.9 after three, 417.9 after four and 521.6 after five before completing his qualification with 628.3.
Himanshu started with 105.3 and had scores of 209.9, 314.7 and 421.0 after the first four series. He reached 525.6 after five before finishing with 630.0.
Rudrankksh and Himanshu also progressed to the men’s 10m air rifle individual final, scheduled to take place later on Monday, giving India another opportunity to add to its shooting medal tally.
