Paris Olympics: Indian Shooter Swapnil Kusaley clinches third Bronze medal for India

In 2024 Paris Olympics, Shooter Swapnil Kusale secured India’s third medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics shooting competition after finishing third in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux.

The 28-year-old won bronze after finishing third with 195 in standing after 156.8 in the prone and 153.3 in the kneeling rounds. In the qualifying round, Swapnil had finished seventh with a total score of 590, including 38 inner 10s (Xs), from three positions.

He has become the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event. Indian men’s hockey team will take on Belgium in a group-stage match, having already qualified for the quarterfinals at Paris Olympics.

Later in the day, pugilist  Nikhat Zareen has her women’s 50kg Round of 16 bout at 2 PM, and in all-Indian badminton men’s singles round of 16 as Lakshya Sen faces HS Prannoy. Star badminton doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will also be in action in their quarter-final.

P V Sindhu will also start her medal run today. Vikash Singh from India whose Olympic Dream came true after he completed and finished in 30th place in the Men’s 20 km walk race at the 33rd Olympiad in Paris.

Another Indian Boxer Nishant Dev also advanced to the quarter-finals in the men’s 71 kilograms Boxing event. Nishant defeated seventh seed Jose Tenorio of Ecuador via split decision in the round of sixteen.

The star Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain began her Paris Olympics campaign with an a tough  round of 16 win over Hofstad Sunniva in the women’s 75kg category yesterday, Lavlina faught like an old times of weight category, During the bout she took her time, choose when to close in and step back with her smooth foot wark  and never gave an impression that she in new entrant of Olympics 75 category.

The first event of the day, the men’s 20km race walk is underway after a delay due to inclement weather. India’s Vikash Singh currently stands 23rd, while Paramjeet Singh Bisht and Akshdeep Singh are 46th and 49th respectively.  

Former world No. 1 Archer Deepika Kumari won two individual women’s archery matches to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals at Les Invalides yesterday.

Earlier, another Indian Archer Bhajan Kaurnotched back-to-back victories in the women’s individual event to advance to the pre-quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Tuesday.

So far, India have won two medals, both Bronze in Shooting. Manu Bhaker won a historic bronze in the women’s 10-meter Air Pistol event and then teamed up with Sarabjot Singh to win Bronze in the mixed-team event.