Shooting WC: Rudrankksh wins 10m air rifle gold, books quota for Paris Olympics

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
Rudrankksh Patil
Rudrankksh Patil

 

Cairo

Indian teenager Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, created history on Friday, pulling off a dramatic 17-15 victory over Italy's Danilo Dennis Sollazzo to be crowned World Champion in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event.

The 18-year-old also emulated Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, as a world champion in the event. Bindra had won the crown in the same event in Zagreb in 2006.

This was India's second Paris quota in the sport of Shooting after Bhowneesh Mendiratta had won the first in the Men's Trap at the Shotgun World Championships in Osijek, Croatia earlier this month.

Silver medallist at the Junior World Championships in Lima last year and a gold medallist at the Junior World Cup in Suhl earlier this year, this was Rudrankksh's first medal at the senior level.

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He had broken through to the senior squad in the beginning of the year and had registered seventh and 11th-place finishes in the Baku and Cairo World Cups earlier.