Thane: “I am not afraid of my mind,” said the 17-year-old Patil Rudrankksh Thane who had made the city proud of winning a silver medal at a 10-meter rifle man in a junior world championship held in the capital of Peru.
Of the five on Thursday – his first tournament in the international arena.
Speaking to TOI from five by telephone, Patil, residents of Hiranandani Meadows Thane, sharing: “I don’t think about other participating competitors and I don’t have anything in my mind about winning medals or bagging places.
I stay focused on the game and try Giving the best and, who surprised me, hard work paid off when the results were stated.
I was overwhelmed and all credit was given to my parents and also my coach and the team that supported me all, especially during the time of testing pandemics.
“Rudrankksh, also known as Sai At home, was the elder of two Patil Ballasaheb, DCP traffic, Thane City Police, and Hemangini Patil, deputy regional transportation officers in Vashi.
His father said, “It was a challenging task for him because for the past year and half he was far from international matches because of a pandemic.
There are so many obstacles for daily training because of the locking and related developments since then.
But it became his first international tournament, he fired his best shot.
“His mother monitors the schedule, practice, and diet.
“We made sure he gave the same time with everything he did, both practicing or study.
He is good at learning too.
The concentration helps even in the study.” Patil missed gold by the mustache to the Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist Shaner William from the US just 0.7 Points.
William’s final score is 250.7 and patil.
He followed strict training and planned regimes, whether the team worked together with physical training, psychiatrist, physiotherapy, nutritionist and he did everything side by side with his ISC.
“The coach said they were sure even though he was against William, who with a comparison had continuous exposure to international matches, including the Olympics.” However, he made us all proud.
“Teen said,” I hope to win all the tournaments, so I will.
Ensure to do more effort.
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