India’s Swapnil Kusale is the proud owner of 141 crore people after winning the first medal in Paris Olympics 50m shooting event. How did he, who was a ticket inspector in the railway department, get interested in shooting competition? What is the connection with Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Let’s see in detail about it in this news package…!
Indian players are dubbing the world’s leading athletes at the Paris Olympics. To prove this, Indian players have won 3 medals in the shooting competition. In the women’s singles 10m air rifle category, Manu Parker won the bronze medal and in the mixed doubles category Manu Parker created a record by winning the bronze medal along with Sarabjot Singh. Through this, Manu Parker is becoming the proud owner of 141 crore people.
Similarly, in the 50m rifle 3 stages shooting competition, Indian player Swapnil Kusale was amazing in the qualifying round. With incredible confidence in herself, she scored 451.4 points in the final and won the bronze medal. This win ensured India’s 3rd medal and also became the first Indian in the history of the current year’s Olympics to qualify for the 50m rifle final.
29-year-old Swapnil hails from Kambalwadi village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra. He was a ticket inspector in the railway department and has been fighting since 2012 to fulfill his Olympic dream.
It was his farewell effort that saw him win gold in the junior category held in Kuwait in 2015 and also become the champion in the Asian Shooting Championship series.
Likewise, he won bronze in the Commonwealth Championship held in Brisbane in 2017, gold in the World Cup Shooting held in Delhi in 2021, gold in the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, bronze in the World Championship in the same year, and silver in the 2023 Asian Shooting Championship series, making India proud.
Swapnil Kusale’s speech after winning India’s third medal at the Olympics is now viral. Swapnil Kusale says that he took cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his role model to become a person admired by the world from being a railway ticket inspector.
Born into a farming family, Swapnil Kusale has honored his parents by presenting his first Olympic medal. Swapnil Kusale, who is making Test records at a young age, is expected to win more medals and bring glory to India.
