69th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023
India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won which medal in men’s 10 m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo?
aBronze
bGold✓ Correct
cSilver
dNone of the above Elavenil Valarivan, Shreya Agarwal and Ramita are Indian shooters. In the ISSF World Cup 2022 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Elavenil Valarivan, Shreya Agarwal and Ramita won the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle women’s team event.
Explanation
Indian shooter Rudraksh Balasaheb Patil won the gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle individual event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup held in Cairo, Egypt in February 2023. The 19-year-old Rudraksh defeated Germany’s Maximilian Ulbrich in the final by a score of 16–8. It may be noted that Croatia’s Miran Maričić won the bronze medal. In the same tournament, this was Patil’s second gold; he also won the gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle mixed team event with Narmada Nitin Raju. Before this, Rudraksh qualified for the ranking matches by finishing 7th in the qualification round with a score of 629.3. After finishing first in the ranking matches, Rudraksh qualified for the gold medal match.
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