Swapnil Kusale wins the Bronze Medal in the Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions Final at the Paris Olympics 2024

New Delhi: Swapnil Kusale who became the first Indian shooter to qualify for the final of the Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions continued his good form in the Final of Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions. The Indian shooter won the bronze medal in his maiden Olympics. Incidentally, this is also the first medal of India in the event.

🇮🇳🥉 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔! Many congratulations to Swapnil Kusale on winning India’s third medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics!

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Swapnil who hails from a small place near Kolhapur, Maharashtra had to wait for 12 years! to realise his dream of representing his country. In the end, this wait has reaped in the most beautiful result that any Olympian can dream of, an Olympic medal on the first appearance itself.

Kusale who hails Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his inspiration and admirer, kept his calm throughout the entire match like captain cool. Eventually, Swapnil missed the silver by a whisker of 0.5 points to end up with the bronze medal. India has till now won three medals (all bronze) in the Paris Olympics 2024 which came from shooting.

Medal winners of the Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions

The Medal winners of the Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions are as follows:

1. Liu Yukun (China)- 463.6 points
2. Serhiy Kulish (Ukraine)- 461.3 points
3. Swapnil Kusale (India)- 451.4 points

Read: Paris Olympics 2024 August 1 India Schedule, Current Medal Tally and More

Where to watch the Paris Olympics 2024?

Media outlet Viacom18 has acquired exclusive rights to stream the 2024 Paris Olympics. Naturally, the Paris Olympics 2024 will be telecasted live on the Sports18 networks. The various languages in which the viewers can avail the benefit of the telecast of the Olympics are as follows:

• Sports18 1- English, Tamil and Telegu
• Sports18 2- Hindi

Fans can also watch the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 for free on the OTT on Jio Cinema across multiple languages.