Rudrankksh strikes gold in 10m air rifle at ISSF World Cup

Former world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle shooting event at the ISSF World Cup 2025 Buenos Aires yesterday. Local hero Marcelo Julian Gutierrez took bronze with 230.1. This was Rudrankksh Patil’s second individual gold medal at an ISSF World Cup. He also clinched the 10-meter air rifle title at the 2023 Cairo edition. 

With this, India now jointly leads the medal standings along with China, both nations picking up identical two gold, one silver, one bronze tallies till now. Eight more finals are yet to



be played. The USA also won two golds and came third while Hungary won the other gold.

Meanwhile, Arjun Babuta, who finished fourth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, missed out on a podium spot in Buenos Aires again despite making the final. Babuta shot 144.9 for a seventh-placed finish. India’s Kiran Ankush Jadhav finished sixth with 631.5 but didn’t compete in the final as he was competing for Ranking Points Only (RPO). Patil’s triumph was India’s fourth medal at the first ISSF World Cup of the season.