India shooter Swapnil Kusale clinched yet another shooting medal for India in the ongoing Paris Olympics, winning bronze in the men's 50m rifle three positions event. 

Spending much of the early parts of the final in the fifth or sixth position, Swapnil made a dash for the top to clinch a historic bronze. This becomes India's third shooting medal, as well as the third medal overall, after Manu Bhaker's bronze in women's 10m air pistol and Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh's men's 10m air pistol final.

Kusale finished on 451.4 points, just 0.5 short of silver medalist Serhiy Kulish at the point of elimination. Kusale made a stunning comeback into the medal spots after languishing near the bottom for the majority of the event.

The 28-year-old from Kambalwadi in the Kohlapur district of Maharashtra becomes the sixth male shooter from India to win an Olympic medal. The Paris Olympics 2024 is also his maiden appearance at the Olympic Games.

Having finished seventh in the qualifying round, Kusale surprised everyone to claim an unprecedented medal. Kusale became the very first Indian to clinch a medal in the 50m rifle three positions event.