New Delhi : Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won the silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle three-positions (3P) event at the 2022 ISSF World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday. It has given the country its second medal in the competition.
In the gold medal match, the 26-year-old who hails from Maharashtra went 10-16 down to Rio Olympics silver medalist Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine. It happened to be Swapnil’s maiden individual medal at the ISSF World Cup stage. The 12-member Indian rifle squad now possesses a gold and a silver and has moved up to fifth on the medal table from overnight ninth.
Swapnil played a tremendous 3P match over a couple of days of intense competition in a world-class field. He first finished second to Kulish in the top-eight ranking round earlier on Thursday before losing to the Ukrainian champion again in the gold medal contest. Kulish shot 411 in the ranking round while Swapnil shot 409.1.