India wins another Olympic shooting medal

Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men's 50-metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

China’s Liu Yukun, the world record holder in the event, clinched the gold medal, while Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish won silver.

Liu has been in sensational form this year breaking the world record twice in two days at the Baku World Cup in May and he also topped Wednesday's qualification.

Norway's Jon-Hermann Hegg set the early pace and led the eight-man field after the kneeling and prone segments but faded away to finish fifth.

With three shots to go in the standing elimination section, Liu trailed Kulish by 0.3 before outscoring his opponent in each of the remaining shots to run away with the gold.

This was India's third medal, all in shooting, at the Paris Games.

Manu Bhaker earlier won a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol individual event before teaming up with Sarabjot Singh for another bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team.