Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won a Silver medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday, giving the country its second medal of the competition.
The 26-year-old Swapnil went down 10-16 to Rio Olympics Silver winner Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine in the Gold medal match. This was Swapnil's first individual ISSF World Cup stage medal.
The 12-member Indian rifle squad now has one Gold and one Silver, moving up to fifth on the medal table from overnight ninth.
Swapnil played a tremendous 3P match over two days of intense competition in a world class field.