Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar edged out fellow Indian Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil in a shoot-off to assure himself of the bronze medal.
As 21-year-old Aishwary Singh Tomar won the bronze medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, father Veer Bahadur Singh Tomar was preparing to go to the family farm at their village Ratanpur in Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh. Bahadur, who owns 35 acres of land in the village, once took Tomar to a fair near his village where the youngster’s hobby of shooting balloons kickstarted the love for a sport that would become his career.
While Chinese Lihao Sheng won the gold followed by Korean Hajun Park, Tomar edged out fellow Indian Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil in a shoot-off to assure himself of the bronze medal.
