Olympics-Shooting-China’s Liu wins men’s 50 metre rifle three position gold

By Amlan Chakraborty

CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) -China’s Liu Yukun won the gold in the men’s 50 metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish won the silver, and India’s Swapnil Kusale took bronze.

Norway’s Jon-Hermann Hegg set the early pace and led the eight-man field after the kneeling and prone segments but faded away to finish fifth.

World record holder Liu won with a total of 463.6, while Kulish aggregated 461.3.

Kusale’s (451.4) bronze was India’s third medal, all in shooting, at the Paris Games.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Chateauroux; Editing by Tom Hogue)