Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
This was India’s first Olympic medal in the 50m 3P event and the third in rifle shooting after Abhinav Bindra’s gold in the men’s 10m air rifle at Beijing 2008 and Gagan Narang’s bronze in the same event at London 2012. Competing at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, Kusale was in sixth place after the first 15 shots in the kneeling position with a score of 153.3, just two points behind Norwegian shooter Jon-Hermann, who was leading. Prior to Kusale’s win, Manu Bhaker won a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol individual event and then teamed up with Sarabjot Singh to win another bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.