Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions event on Thursday to give India its third medal at the Paris Olympics. He scored 451.4 points and finished behind China's Yukun Liu (gold) and Ukraine's Serhiy Kulish. By winning bronze at the Paris Olympics, Swapnil Kusale broke a streak of consistently good results: he finished fourth at the World Championships, fourth at the Asian Games. But he will be third at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Swapnil Kusle is a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) in Pune Railway Division. Born in 1995 in a family with an agricultural background, Swapnil Kusle's father enrolled him in Krida Prabodhini, the Maharashtra government's primary programme dedicated to sports. After a year of rigorous physical training, he had to choose a sport and he chose shooting.
In 2015 Swapnil Kusale won the gold medal in the 50m rifle prone 3 positions in the junior category at the 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait. He also won the 50m rifle prone event at the 59th National Shooting Championships held at Tughlakabad, finishing ahead of Gagan Narang and Chain Singh. He repeated the same performance by winning gold in the 50m rifle 3 positions at the 61st National Championships in Thiruvananthapuram.
| Player | Event | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| Manu Bhaker | Women’s 10m air pistol | Bronze |
| Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh | Mixed team 10m air pistol | Bronze |
| Swapnil Kusale | Men’s 50m rifle 3P | Bronze |
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