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India's Day 8 at Paris Olympics: Boxer Nishant Dev and archers disappoint, Manu Bhaker narrowly misses 3rd medal

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 04, 2024, at 06:47 am

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Paris: Indian boxer Nishant Dev has been eliminated from the Men’s 71 kg competition after a split decision defeat to Mexico’s Marco Verde in the quarter-finals. Nishant started strong but was eventually outmatched by Marco’s sustained aggression in the later rounds.

In archery, Deepika Kumari lost the women's individual quarter-final 4-6 to South Korea's Su-hyeon, continuing the trend of Indian archers returning empty-handed from the Games. Archer Bhajan Kaur also exited in the Round of 16.

🇮🇳 Result Update: Men’s 71 KG #Boxing🥊 Quarter-Finals @nishantdevjr bows out of 🇫🇷#ParisOlympics2024💔

The 23-year-old🥊on his debut #Olympic appearance, loses to Mexico’s Marco Alonso Verde Alvarez 1-4 by a split decision in a closely contested match.

Great effort from… pic.twitter.com/nisdrzu41L
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 3, 2024

In Women's Skeet, Maheshwari Chauhan ended the day with a score of 71/75 and needs a strong performance tomorrow to qualify for the finals, where the top six will advance. Raiza Dhillon, however, is out of contention after scoring 66/75.

🇮🇳 Result Update: #Sailing⛵ Women's Dinghy ILCA7 👇

Nethra Kumanan finishes 24th with 96 net points following the conclusion of Race 4, 5 and 6.

Kumanan had a 28th place finish in Race 4 and 5 and finished 20th in the 6th Race.

Let's #Cheer4Bharat🇮🇳 in the comments section… pic.twitter.com/ggVYXK9WH2
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 3, 2024

Indian shooter Manu Bhaker narrowly missed a medal, finishing 4th in the Women's 25m Pistol final at the Paris Olympics 2024. Manu lost the 3rd/4th place elimination playoff, missing out on what could have been her third medal of the ongoing Olympics.

25 M Women’s Pistol Final👇🏻@realmanubhaker finishes her #Paris2024Olympics campaign, ends in 4th position with a total score of 28. She bows out in a shoot-off against Hungarian shooter Veronika Major.

Yesterday, she had become the first shooter from India to qualify for 3… pic.twitter.com/NVXWdSJTSN
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 3, 2024

Looking ahead to Day 9 (August 4), India has potential medal opportunities with Lovlina Borgohain and Lakshya Sen, who can secure medals if they win their respective matches.

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