By Prabhjot Singh
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 focussed on the shooting range as Manu Bhaker will take to her favourite 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.
