Paris Olympics 2024: Indian shooters lead the medal tally; Swapnil Kusale bags bronze in men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting
Swapnil Kusale won a bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 position shooting event, becoming the first Indian to win in this discipline.
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He's the third shooter after Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh to win an Olympic medal in shooting.
The 28-year-old shooter finished third with a score of 451.4, which comprises 51.6 in kneeling, 51.9 in prone and 50.4 in standing. This was followed by elimination rounds where Kusale outclassed Czechia's Privratsky Jiri.
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Kusale made his Olympic debut and finished seventh with a score of 590-38x. Meaanwhile, Aishwary Singh Tomar ranked 11th with a total of 589-33x.
Only the top eight shooters qualify for the final round, leaving Tomar out of the race.
India has won three medals in shooting competitions thus far.
The last time a shooter for the 50m rifle advanced to the Olympic finals was Joydeep Karmakar in the 2012 London Games, where he placed fourth in the now-discontinued 50m rifle prone event.
As a former ticket collector, Kusale finds inspiration in cricket legend MS Dhoni.
Revisiting Manu Bhaker's brilliance
At the Summer Games, Manu Bhaker secured a bronze medal in the women's individual 10M Air Pistol event. In a mixed team event, Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh triumphed over South Korea's Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin with a score of 16-10 in the Bronze Medal play-off, bringing
