New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Indian shooters Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Parth Rakesh Mane and Himanshu Dhillon after the trio secured the silver medal within the males’s 10m air rifle crew occasion on the Asian Games 2026.
India’s medal run in taking pictures continued because the trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon secured a silver medal within the males’s 10 m air rifle crew occasion on the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday. Team India managed a silver with a rating of 1890.1, in need of first-place China’s 1899.0. The bronze medal went to South Korea, with a rating of 1841.4.
The official deal with of the President of India prolonged its needs to the Indian shooters for his or her efficiency on X.
‘Heartiest congratulations to Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Parth Rakesh Mane and Himanshu Dhillon on profitable the Silver Medal within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team occasion on the Asian Games 2026. Your precision and excellent efficiency have introduced nice satisfaction to the nation. My greatest needs for a lot of extra laurels forward,’ the submit learn.
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Earlier, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya hailed the taking pictures trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Rakesh Mane and Himanshu Dhillon for securing a silver within the males’s 10 m air rifle crew occasion.
Posting on X, Mandaviya wrote, ‘Another Silver for Bharat! Many congratulations to Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Parth Rakesh Mane and Himanshu Dhillon on securing the Silver Medal within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team occasion on the #AsianGames2026. #Cheer4Bharat.’
India loved a robust day on the Asian Games 2026, securing three medals throughout taking pictures and blended martial arts, whereas athletes additionally progressed to finals in swimming and registered wins in boxing, delicate tennis and desk tennis.
In taking pictures, Himanshu received silver and Rudrankksh secured bronze within the males’s 10m air rifle particular person ultimate. Earlier, Rudrankksh and Himanshu had certified for the ultimate after ending third and seventh respectively, whereas Parth Mane completed eleventh. The Indian trio had additionally received silver within the crew occasion.
In blended martial arts, Suchika Tariyal secured a bronze medal after shedding to Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon within the girls’s conventional 60kg semifinal.
In boxing, Sumit defeated Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri within the males’s 70kg Round of 32 bout to advance within the competitors.
Soft tennis noticed Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena file wins over Cambodia and Mongolia of their blended doubles Group B matches. They additionally misplaced to South Korea’s Kim Yeon-hwa and Jaekyu Park earlier than struggling defeat towards the Philippines’ Christy Sanosa and Sherwin Nuguit within the spherical of 16.
In swimming, Srihari Nataraj superior to the boys’s 50m backstroke ultimate, with Rishabh Das named as reserve. Mani Akash and Gitesh Shah missed out on the boys’s 50m freestyle ultimate, whereas Dhanush Suresh didn’t qualify for the boys’s 100m breaststroke ultimate.
In wushu, Nyeman Wangsu completed fifteenth within the girls’s Changquan ultimate. In desk tennis, India defeated Pakistan 3-0 within the girls’s crew Group F match. India, nonetheless, suffered a setback in sepaktakraw, shedding to Japan within the males’s crew regu Group B match. (ANI)