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Paris Olympics 2024: Swapnil Kusale wins third medal in shooting for India

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The special thing is that India has won all three medals in shooting in the Olympics so far. (Photo: Facebook/Bharat Bhushan Ashu)

India has so far won three medals in the Paris Olympics. Swapnil Kusale won the latest medal in men's 50m rifle three position. This was his first Olympic match, in which he won a bronze medal.

The special thing is that India has won all three medals in shooting in the Olympics so far. Meanwhile, the Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian hockey team suffered its first defeat against Belgium 2-1 in Pool B's group match on Thursday.

Indian forward Abhishek scored in the 18th minute of the first half to give India the lead, while Belgium came back aggressively in the second half to equalize the score in the 33rd minute and seal the win with another goal in the 44th minute.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh could not score any goals in today's match, while in the previous match against Ireland he scored 2 goals and India won 2-0. India's next match will now be against Australia, although the Indian hockey team has qualified for the quarterfinals.

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