The Indian pair of Rudrankksh Patil and Mehuli Ghosh gave the country its fifth gold medal at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers, winning Tuesday's 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. (Streaming | Sports News)
The Indian pair triumphed after prevailing over China's Shen Yufan and Zhu Mingshuai 🍎16-10 in﷽ the final.
The duo of Rudrankksh and Mehuli was second in the qualification, shooting a total score of 6ﷺ31.3 to finish behind Yufan and Mingshuai, who aggregated 632.3.
The Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema pair entered the gold medal round in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event and will take on Vietnam's Thu Vinh Trinh and Quang Huy Pham in the battle for the top pr💙ize.
The team of Rhythm and Arjun topped the qualification round with a total𝐆 score of 582, finishing ahe𒁃ad of the second-placed combo (580) from Vietnam.
On Monday, young Indian shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh secured two Olympi🅷c quota places for the country with gold medals in the men's and women's 10m A🌠ir Pistol events of the Qualifiers.
The duo's qualification took the total number of Indian shooters bound for Paris to 15, equalling the highest tallyꦚ achieved in the Tokyo Games.
