"My Heart Was Beating So Fast": PT Usha On Swapnil Kusale's Paris Olympics Bronze

Following Swapnil Kusale's historic bronze medal win in shooting at the ongoing Paris Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha lauded the shooter for his performance and talked about her own emotions while catching up with the match. Kusale won the bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3P event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Thursday. Kusale also became the first Indian shooter to win a medal in the men's 50m rifle 3P event.

Following the win, while talking to ANI, Usha said, "It was very exciting and a proud moment for us. I was so nervous and my heart was beating so fast because at one point he was sixth, he climbed upto fourth. From there, he reached the second spot and then went down to fourth. The last minute was exciting."

Usha expressed happiness with the shooting contingent, who has grabbed all the three (all bronze) medals won at Paris so far, saying that they are making history by putting up their best-ever Olympics performance.

On Manu Bhaker's double bronze and the possibility of a medal hat-trick after the women's 25 m pistol event, Usha said that medals were being expected from Manu.

"We were in contact with the coach Jaspal Rana, we helped him whenever he had problems. We knew that Manu was going to win. Now, we are expecting another medal from her," said Usha.

Talking about the expectations from athletics contingent, she said that athletics is a very tough discipline and medals are being expected from defending javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra and steeplechase racers.

On whether India will touch double figures in Paris, Usha said, "It should be. By the time we host 2036 Olympics, for which we are trying, we should be expecting a top 10 finish in Olympics."

Kusale clinched the