India’s medal tally continues to rise at the Asian Games 2026 as the shooting contingent refuses to slow down. The trio aggregated 1890.1 points, only to finish behind China’s Sheng Lihao, Ma Sihan and Zhang Changhong, who totalled 1899.0, which is the qualification world record. Early Monday morning, the country won its third medal in the competition, thanks to tremendous showings by Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane, and Rudrankksh Patil in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s Team event at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery.
In the qualification round, Rudrankkash finished third with a score of 631.8, while Dhillon (630) and Mane (628.3) took the seventh and tenth spots, respectively. Rudrankksh and Dhillon also qualified for the Individual Final. The two shooters will be in action later in the day.
Shooting performance so far at the Asian Games
His breakthrough performance came in 2025 when he won two golds and one bronze at the ISSF Junior World Cup. Rudrankksh then made his senior ISSF World Cup debut in Munich 2026, where he finished ninth in the 10m Air Rifle Men event. Earlier in the day, India had also clinched a silver in the women’s team event with a total of 1898, behind gold medallist China (1904.2).
On the other hand, Dhillon has represented India in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle and Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle events at the ISSF Junior World Cups, Asian Championships, and ISSF World Cup competitions. For the majority of the contest, Elavenil was leading the pack, but Taichi went past her with the 22nd shot.
