Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil is the world champion in the Mens 10m Air Rifle . The 18-year-old Indian teenager made history in Cairo, Egypt, by defeating Italys Danilo Dennis Sollazzo in the gold medal match .
New Delhi (India), November 29: At the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (65th NSCC) in Rifle, world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil has made it to all three possible ranking rounds in the Mens 10m Air Rifle, scoring 631.70, placing him second in the Junior Mens and Youth Mens categories, and making it to the second ranking round in all three events.With a score of 631.5, Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar also made it to the Mens and Junior Mens ranking rounds.He came third in the Mens section.The Mens Trap finals will be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on Tuesday, where the Shotgun nationals will be held.
In the title round, he will have to contend with Lakshay Sheoran, Vivaan Kapoor, Manavaditya Singh Rathore, and Olympian Kynan Chenai.The 18-year-old Indian teenager made history in Cairo, Egypt, by defeating Italys Danilo Dennis Sollazzo in the gold medal match and being named World Champion in the Mens 10m Air Rifle, an Olympic sport.Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist, was also named world champion in the Mens Air Rifle.Bindra had captured the trophy in Zagreb in 2006, earning him the biggest prize of his life to date, as well as a Paris 2024 Olympics quota for his country. This was Rudrankkshs first senior medal at He had made it to the senior squad at the start of the year and had already secured seventh and 11th place in the Baku and Cairo World Cups.