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Swapnil Kusale, a resident of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, is a proud name in every household in India. Kusal has won a bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 position event at the Paris Olympics 2024, which is known as the 'marathon of shooting'. Liu Yukun of China won the gold medal with 463.6 points while Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine won the silver medal with 461.3 points.
Kusle scored 451.4 points in 6 rounds. After creating history in the Olympics, Kusle spoke to the media and told how he balanced himself in such an exciting and stressful game. Kusle said that to win the medal, he focused on two things. Let us know what are those 2 secrets of Swapnil's victory.
Great comeback after a bad start
It is worth noting that this is India's first medal in the 50 meter rifle 3 position competition. Earlier, Abhinav Bindra had won the gold medal in men's 10 meter air rifle in Beijing Olympics 2008. After this, Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the same event in London Olympics 2012. After winning the medal, Kusle said that I am getting very emotional at this time.
This medal means a lot to me. It is not gold but I am happy to win a medal. It was always my dream to win an Olympic medal. Let us tell you that after the first 15 shots, Kusale was sixth in the kneeling position with 153.3 points. However, he finished third at the end of Stage 1 after excelling in three series in the prone position and two series in the standing position.
After creating history, two secrets of victory were revealed
After a competitor was eliminated after each shot in Stage 2, Kusle scored 10.5, 9.4 and 9.9 points in his next three shots. Thus he maintained his claim in the top three and won the bronze medal. After this historic moment, Kusle spoke to the media. He said that he is feeling very good after winning the medal. His heart beat was fast.
On his brilliant comeback after a poor start, Kusle said that he did two things. He said that the first thing I noticed during the game was my breathing. Secondly, I had some keywords that I was repeating. Whenever I had to change the shot, I was focusing on my breathing. The same was done in the elimination round. Neither the score nor anything else was on my mind. I did what I had been doing for many years.