PARIS: Indian shooters are truly on a roll. After Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, it was rifle shooter Swapnil Kusale who kept the Indian flag flying as he became the first Indian to enter the Olympics final in the men's 50m rifle three positions at Chateauroux shooting ranges.
Kusale scored a total of 590 including 38x in the three positions. He shot 99 & 99 in prone, 98 & 99 in standing before slipping a bit in kneeling as he ended with a score of 96 & 99. Overall, it put him in seventh place as the top-8 from a field of 44 shooters advanced to the final. There were three shooters with a total of 590 but the Indian floundered and Czech Republic's Jiri Privratsky went ahead with their higher count of inner circles. Jiri's teammate Petr Nybursky endured a heartbreak despite scoring 590.