A year ago this time, Rudrankksh Patil was facing the acute disappointment and stress of losing his Olympic shooting quota for Paris 2024. Today, the former world champion clinched gold at the Buenos Aires World Cup on Sunday.
In the 10m air rifle final, Patil scored 252.9 in the final to top the podium. Paris Games participant Arjun Babuta had also qualified for the final, but couldn’t make the podium after being eliminated at the seventh position with a score of 144.9.
Maharashtra shooter Pa til, 21, who had clinched a quota place for the Paris Games, had to miss out on the Olympic participation after losing out to Sandeep Singh in the trials. The shooter struggled mentally following the setback and had to endure a lot of stress too.
“I am happy to be back. I was feeling well during the qualification round and hoped to continue the form in the final. I wasn’t thinking of scores in the final and avoided unnecessary pressure,” he said. Babuta was the top qualifier after scoring 634.5 in the qualification round, while Patil shot 633.7 for second spot.
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