Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale clinched the first ever Olympic bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions event, taking the country's overall tally to three at the ongoing Paris Games here on Thursday. Kusale shot an aggregate of 451.4 in the eight-shooter final to finish third after being placed sixth at one stage.
Feeling very proud! Congratulations to Swapnil Kusale on securing 3rd medal for India at the #Paris2024 #Olympics !
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 1, 2024
Well done!#Cheer4Bharat https://t.co/htjTPxUOQf pic.twitter.com/3dvD874Ca4
The 28-year-old's medal comes following the stunning performance of Manu Bhaker, who clinched the women's 10m air pistol and mixed team 10m air pistol bronze alongside Sarabjot Singh. This was India’s first-ever Olympic shooting medal in the 50m 3P and the third medal in rifle shooting after Abhinav Bindra’s gold in men’s 10m air rifle at Beijing 2008 and Gagan Narang's bronze in the same event at London 2012.India has now won three medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics so far and all of them have come in shooting.
Newsinc24 Team
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