Former 10-meter aerial champion Rudrankksh Patil withdrew halfway from the ISSF World Cup final in Lima after his 11th blow was removed.
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The World Cup pulled by the ISSF in Lima, Peru, witnessed an intense high drama surrounding the Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil. The former 10 -meter aerial world champion was forced to withdraw from the Lima final after the abolition of his 11th blow.
Rudrankksh Patil, originally from Thane, finished in 8th place during the 10 m male air rifle event during which his compatriot of Indian shooter Arjun Babuta arrived second. Babuta lost the gold medal with a margin of 0.1.
Rudrankksh Patil Litts Final after the 11th blow is deleted
Patil struck a 10.4 on his 11th blow and climbed in fourth place. However, it was not counted as the jury excluded that Patil had taken the blow before the chief officer gives the green light. Consequently, Patil fell in the last place of the final of eight years after the abolition of his score of the 11th blow.
The decision put Patil 8 points behind the shooter in 7th position, forcing him to withdraw while he decided not to take the 12th blow.
During the ISSF World Cup in Argentina, which launched the 2025 campaign, Patil had won gold in the 10 m male air rifle and silver in the mixed shooting competition of 10 meters of aerial rifle with Arya Borse.
Meanwhile, Babuta (252.3), which finished fourth at the Paris Games last year, won Silver at the 10 m aerial rifle male event in Lima. He lost only 0.1 point against the Olympic champion reigning Sheng Lihao in China (252.4).
The Hungarian Istvan Peni won bronze with a score of 229.8.
During the women’s aerial rifle event, Arya arrived fifth with a score of 188.1. She bowed after the 18th stroke of the 24 shots. His overall score was only 0.1 behind Han Jiayu, winner of the silver medal, from China.
