<p>Mumbai: The parents of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/olympics">Olympic</a> shooting bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale on Thursday said they were sure he would win a medal for the “tricolour and the country”.</p>.<p>“We let him focus on his work and didn't even call him yesterday so that he should not get distracted,” Swapnil's father told reporters in Kolhapur, soon after their son won a bronze for India in Paris.</p>.<p>“For the last 10 to 12 years, he was mostly away from home, focusing on his marksmanship.</p>.<p>“People have been calling up incessantly to congratulate us,” he said.</p>.Olympics 2024: India fail to win medal in men's 20km race walk.<p>Swapnil's mother said the family hails from a village in Kolhapur district of western Maharashtra.</p>.<p>“He studied in a public school and developed a liking for shooting while at Sangli,” she said. He later went to Nashik for further training in the sport, she added. </p>
<p>Mumbai: The parents of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/olympics">Olympic</a> shooting bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale on Thursday said they were sure he would win a medal for the “tricolour and the country”.</p>.<p>“We let him focus on his work and didn't even call him yesterday so that he should not get distracted,” Swapnil's father told reporters in Kolhapur, soon after their son won a bronze for India in Paris.</p>.<p>“For the last 10 to 12 years, he was mostly away from home, focusing on his marksmanship.</p>.<p>“People have been calling up incessantly to congratulate us,” he said.</p>.Olympics 2024: India fail to win medal in men's 20km race walk.<p>Swapnil's mother said the family hails from a village in Kolhapur district of western Maharashtra.</p>.<p>“He studied in a public school and developed a liking for shooting while at Sangli,” she said. He later went to Nashik for further training in the sport, she added. </p>