Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil bags Gold medal at ISSF World Championship in Egypt

Cairo: In ISSF World Championship, Indian shooter Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won gold medal in men's 10m air rifle event in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. With this win, he also secured a 2024 Paris Olympics quota for the country.

In the gold medal match, he defeated Italy's Danilo Dennis Sollazzo 17-15. He is only the second Indian to achieve the feat after Olympic champion



Abhinav Bindra, who had won gold in this event in 2006 in Zagreb, Croatia. This was Rurankksh's first appearance at a World Championship.

Earlier, India won a bronze medal in the women's 25m pistol team junior competition. The trio of Esha Singh, Naamya Kapoor, and Vibhuti Bhatia demolished team Germany 17-1 in the bronze medal match.