India clinch 2 men’s 10 m air rifle silvers, 1 bronze

Rifle trio score 1,890.1 points for team silver before Dhillon and Patil add individual medals

Chandigarh, September 21

India won two silver and one bronze medal in the men’s 10 m air rifle events on Day 3 of the 20th edition of the Asian Games in Japan.

Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane combined for 1,890.1 points to win the silver in the men’s 10 m air rifle team event. Rudrankksh scored 631.8 points, Himanshu 630.0 and Parth 628.3.

The People’s Republic of China won the gold with 1,899 points, a world record, while South Korea took the bronze.

Rudrankksh and Himanshu also qualified for the individual men’s 10 m air rifle final. Himanshu won the silver medal and Rudrankksh the bronze, while China claimed the gold.

Today’s remaining schedule:

Soft Tennis
Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena — mixed doubles semifinals, 12 pm IST, subject to qualification
Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena — mixed doubles final, 1:30 pm IST, subject to qualification

Swimming
Men’s 50 m backstroke final — 1:30 pm IST, if qualified
Men’s 50 m freestyle final — 1:42 pm IST, if qualified
Men’s 100 m breaststroke final — 2:08 pm IST, if qualified
Men’s 4×200 m freestyle relay final — 2:43 pm IST, if qualified

Boxing
Sumit vs Bunjong Sinsiri — men’s 70 kg Round of 32, 2:45 pm IST

Wushu
Roshbina Devi vs Most Khatun — women’s 60 kg Round of 16, 3:15 pm IST
Aryan vs Shahzada Safi — men’s 56 kg Round of 16, 3:50 pm IST

Table Tennis
India vs Pakistan — men’s team Group F, 3:30 pm IST

Kabaddi
India vs Bangladesh — women’s Group A, 4:15 pm IST