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Bhopal, March 24 Reigning world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won bronze in the men's 10m Air Rifle event on Friday, his second of the tournament as China extended their golden run at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol Bhopal, winning both gold medals on offer for the second consecutive day at the MP Shooting Academy range, here.Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Sheng Lihao of China won gold in the men's 10m Air Rifle while compatriot Huang Yuting, a double gold medallist at the Cairo World Championships last year, won the women's event as China maintained top position on the medal tally at the end of competition day three with five gold, one silver and two bronze medals in their kitty.India lies second with three bronze medals to go with a gold and silver each.Playing back-to-back matches can never be easy, especially in the home world cup, but the champion shooter that he is, Rudrankksh delivered yet again, clinching bronze from what at one point seemed like a lost cause. He shot a solid 631.0 in qualification to finish fourth after leading in the initial stages.In the 25-shot top eight ranking round, Rudrankksh was well outside the medal positions till the third five-shot series, before a fantastic fourth series where he shot the highest score of 53.5, brought him back into contention.Meanwhile, the three Chinese qualifiers Sheng (who led throughout the ranking round), silver medallist Du Linshu and Yu Haonan, were on course to make it a Chinese 1-2-3 till the 20th shot. Rudrankksh went into the fifth series 0.8 behind Yu. He then shot a strong 52.6 in the series as Yu faltered, posting 51.5 to finish fourth and the Indian confirmed his second medal in two days and fourth ISSF World Cup medal overall.The 19-year-old Indian finished with a score of 262.3 as Sheng and Du moved into the gold medal match with scores of 264.2 and 263.3 respectively.The all-China gold medal clash was also a close encounter with Sheng prevailing 17-13 in the end.In the women's 10m Air Rifle, Ramita was the only one Indian in top eight finishers in the qualifications, when she shot 632.3 to finish second among medal contenders in the 52-strong field. The top eight had two Chinese, two Americans and one shooter each from Romania, Israel and Kazakhstan, besides hosts India.China's Cairo Worlds champion in the Mixed Team Air Rifle, was in ominous form, topping the qualifications with a score of 632.8, while Tokyo Olympics silver medallist in the Mixed Team Air Rifle, Mary Tucker of USA, also made it through in seventh place.In the top eights, Huang was a cut above the rest, finishing on top again with a score of 265.7 as Mary shot 261.2 for a shot at gold. Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le pipped India's Ramita to bronze, shooting 261.2 to the Indian's 260.5.Huang then maintained her form on the day to defeat Mary 16-4 for China's fifth gold of the competition.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Bhopal, March 24 Reigning world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won bronze in the men's 10m Air Rifle event ... ...