Two months since Olympic bronze, Swapnil Kusale awaits govt recognition | More sports News – Times of India
Swapnil Kusale. (Photo by Sheng Jiapeng/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) PUNE/KOLHAPUR: It's been over two months since Swapnil Kusale won a bronze medal at Paris Olympics, but the shooting champion says he is yet to hear officially about any reward from state govt.Swapnil had clinched bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 Position event at the Paris Games on Aug 1. With this bronze, Swapnil became the only second athlete from Maharashtra to win an individual medal at the Olympics.The first athlete to win an individual medal, also a bronze, was wrestler Khashaba Jadhav at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Swapnil's medal came after 72 years.State govt had announced a Rs 1cr award a day after Swapnil won the bronze, but it hasn't been communicated to him officially.'Special package' yet to be anno...