Asian Games 2026: India Win Three Medals in Men's 10m Air Rifle

The correct answer is Silver. On 21 September 2026 the trio of Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Rakesh Mane won silver in the men's 10m air rifle team event. The Prime Minister congratulated them, praising their "great combined score" and saying that their focus, consistency and teamwork had made India proud.

Gold is wrong, as the team finished second, and bronze is the colour of Rudrankksh Patil's individual medal, not the team's, which is why it tempts. "Finished fourth" is simply wrong. In a team event of this kind, the scores of the three shooters are added together, so every shot counts towards the final ranking. Two of the three, Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil, also won individual medals in the same discipline, giving India three medals from men's 10m air rifle.

The correct answer is Himanshu Dhillon. In the individual men's 10m air rifle, Himanshu Dhillon won silver, and the Prime Minister highlighted his calm under pressure and remarkable accuracy. It was his second medal of the day, after the team silver.

Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil also won an individual medal in the same event, but it was bronze, which makes him the most tempting wrong answer. Parth Rakesh Mane was the third member of the silver-winning team but did not win an individual medal. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar is an Indian rifle shooter who is not part of this story, added as a distractor. Remember the split: team silver for all three; individual silver for Himanshu Dhillon; individual bronze for Rudrankksh Patil.

The correct answer is Japan. The 2026 Asian Games, the 20th edition of the event, are being hosted by the Japanese cities of Aichi and Nagoya. India's shooters won their three men's 10m air rifle medals there on 21 September 2026.

China is the tempting wrong answer because the previous edition of the Games was held in Hangzhou, China. South Korea has hosted the Asian Games in the past, at Seoul, Busan and Incheon, and Qatar hosted them at Doha, but neither is the host this time. Questions on multi-sport events often pair the host city with the edition number, so remember both together: the 20th Asian Games, Aichi–Nagoya, Japan. The Asian Games are held every four years under the Olympic Council of Asia.