Rifleman swapnil kusale

World Champion Nikhat Zareen: Rifleman Swapnil Kusale will make a bid for India's third medal in the shooting competition at the Olympic Games here on Thursday, while two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen will hope to inch closer to the medal in Women's 50kg boxing. Kusale, the 29-year-old from Pune who qualified for the final by finishing seventh in the Men's 50m Rifle 3-Positions qualifying event, will be aiming at 13:00 IST at the shooting range in Chateauroux, around 330 km from Paris.

Kusale handled with admirable composure the trials and tribulations of a grueling Olympic qualification round in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) and will hope to improve on his performance in the final.

In the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil will launch their campaign in the Qualifying Round at 15:30 IST.