Swapnil Kusale bagged a bronze in the men’s rifle 50m 3 position final—during the Paris Olympics 2024 at the Chateauroux Shooting Range on Thursday.
As It Happened
The 28-year-old marksman tallied 451.4 en route to the finish of four rounds of the elimination stage. Yukun Liu of China took the gold while Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine finished with the silver medal.
Through most of the kneeling position series, he floated around in sixth place. A strong first two series in the prone position bumped him up to fourth place.
Kusale had already claimed third position with a good gap, posting 51.4 and 50.4 in his two series at the standing rounds to give him a comfortable cushion going into the elimination round as the shots of 9.4 and 9.9 in the second and third shots were good enough for third place.
Still, the gap to Kulish in second was too great to close from fourth spot as he had to settle for bronze.
Read about Swapnil Kusale’s journey to the Paris Olympics 2024 here.
The Sportz Planet Desk,
Atharva Shetye
