"India surely loves to shoot to thrill" - Fans react as Swapnil Kusale brings the third medal for India in shooting at Paris Olympics 2024
Indian fans were thrilled as shooter Swapnil Kusale brought a third medal for India at the Paris Olympics 2024. Swapnil, competing in the 50m rifle 3 positions men's, clinched yet another bronze in shooting.
With all three medals for India so far coming from the sport, fans took to social media to praise the Indian shooters for their performance.
"India surely loves to shoot to thrill! Swapnil Kusale secures bronze for the country in the 50-metre shooting finals at #Paris2024!" wrote a fan.
"Swapnil Kusale brings India another Bronze! He has made HISTORY! and become the FIRST INDIAN to win a medal in the 500m rifle 3 positions event!Ice cold under pressure! " wrote another.
"ππ₯π’π‘ππ π‘π’. π― ππ’π₯ ππ‘πππ! Boy named "Swapnil" fulfilling dreams of a billion people. Very fitting," added a third.
"First Olympics. 28 Years old. Becomes first Indian to won Olympics Medal in 50m Rifle 3 positions, " another fan proudly wrote on X.
"Swapnil Kusale! Remember the name. Many more to come," added another.
"Thank you so much @Swapnilkusale11 for making us proud one more time, " wrote another.
Swapnil Kusale secures yet another bronze for India at the Paris Olympics
On Thursday, August 1, Swapnil won Indiaβs third medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 28-year-old secured a bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions men's event, with a final score of 451.4. He demonstrated remarkable skill and resilience throughout the competition.
This was India's third medal in shooting. Manu Bhaker won the first in the 10m air pistol event and teamed up with Sarabjot Singh for the second in the mixed team event of the same discipline. Both of these were bronze medals as well.
By the end of the kneeling and prone stages, Kusale was in fifth place with a score of 310.1. However, he showed impressive consistency in the crucial standing position phase, maintaining a top-four position and ultimately finishing with a bronze medal.
The previous instance of an Indian shooter reaching the Olympic finals in the 50m rifle category was back in the 2012 London Games. Joydeep Karmakar got fourth place in the 50m rifle-prone event which is not part of the ongoing Summer Games.