Paris (TIP): After Manu Bhaker, it was the turn of male shooters to add to the Indian medal tally. Swapnil Kusale today gave an excellent account of himself in the 50 m Air Rifle 3 positions event for men by finishing a close third to give India its third shooting bronze.
Swapnil was 0.5 points behind the second-placed Kalish Serhiy (Ukraine) before the shoot for the gold started. Swapnil had shot 4561.4 while Kalish had 451.9. China‘s Liu Yukun won the gold with a finish score of 463.6.
Indian eyes will remain focused on the shooting range as Manu Bhaker will take to her favorite 25 m Air Pistol for women. So far India has won all its three bronze medals in shooting. It is reiterated the country’s trust in its shooters after they drew a blank in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Indian challenge in Table Tennis ended last evening when Sreeja Akula lost her pre-quarterfinal game to Sun Xingsha 10-12,10-12, 8-11 while Manika Batra went down fighting to Miu Hirano 6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11 and 6-11. Both Manika and Sreeja created history by reaching the pre-quarterfinals.
Indian hopes of a medal in boxing for women got a boost when Lovlina Borgohain recorded a fluent 5-0 win over Sunniva Hofstad in the preliminaries.