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Paris Olympics Day 8: Boxer Nishant Dev suffers elimination in men's 71kg quarter-final

Medal hopefuls Manu Bhaker and Deepika Kumari suffered elimination in their respective events on Day 8 of sporting events at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday while Nishant Dev lost his quarter-final clash against Marco Varde in the men's 71kg quarter-final.

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Paris Olympics Day 8: Boxer Nishant Dev suffers elimination in men's 71kg quarter-final 

Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol final and failed to secure her third medal at the Paris Olympics. Still, she proudly holds the record for bagging two medals in a single edition of the Summer Olympic Games. On the other hand, Nishant Dev needs one more win in boxing to confirm a medal.

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Live updates : Paris Olympics Day 8 Live Updates: Manu Bhaker one step away from historic feat in shooting; eyes on archery

  • 2:25 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    India's Day 9 Schedule

    12:30 PM: Shooting - Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification.

    01:00 PM: Shooting - Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Wilson in the women's skeet qualification followed by finals (07:00 PM).

    01:30 PM: Hockey - India vs Great Britain in the men's quarterfinals.

    01:35 PM: Athletics - Parul Chaudhary in the women's 3000m steeplechase round 1.

    02:30 PM: Athletics - Jeswin Aldrin in the men's long jump qualification.

    03:02 PM: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian of China in the women's 75kg quarterfinal.

    03:30 PM: Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles semifinals.

    03:35 PM: Sailing - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 7 and 8.

    06:05 PM: Sailing - Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy race 7 and 8.

  • 12:41 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Boxing - Nishant Dev OUT

    Nishant Dev suffers a heartbreaking loss despite winning the first round against Marco Varde in the men's 71kg quarter-final.

    Nishant Dev's Paris Olympics campaign ends.

  • 12:34 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Boxing - Nishant Dev loses 2nd round

    Only two judges rate Nishant 10 in the second round as he loses the second set by 48-47. 

  • 12:30 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Boxing - Nishant Dev wins 1st round

    Four judges give 10 and one say 9 for Nishant as wins the opening round. 

    Nishant wins 49-46 to Marco Varde.

  • 12:18 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Boxing - Nishant Dev in action next

    India's ace boxer Nishant Dev faces Mexican pugilist Marco Verde in the men's 71kg quarter-final at 12:18 PM.

    A win will confirm a medal for India.

  • 10:38 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Quinwen Zheng scripts history

  • 10:18 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Quinwen Zheng wins tennis gold

    Quinwen Zheng defeats Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 in the women's singles final to win a historic gold.

    Zheng becomes the first-ever Chinese player to win an Olympic gold in tennis.

  • 9:09 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Quinwen Zheng wins opening set in final

    The world no.7 Quinwen Zheng wins the opening set by 6-2 against the world no.21 Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles final.

  • 9:03 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Gymnastics - Simone Biles wins her 7th Olympic Gold

    The legendary Simone Biles of the USA wins gold in the women's vault event.

    It's her 3rd gold in the Paris Olympics and overall 7th gold in tournament history.

  • 8:04 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Table Tennis - Chen Meng wins Gold

    The ace Chinese paddler defeats her compatriot and the world no.1 Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the women's singles final to win the gold medal. 

  • 7:33 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Badminton - He Bing Jiao stuns world no.2 Chen Yu Fei

    The sixth-seeded He Bing Jiao of China defeats the world no.2 and the defending champion Chen Yu Fei 21-16, 21-17 to enter the women's singles semi-final.

    He Bing Jiao knocked out India's PV Sindhu in the round of 16 and will face the Spanish legend Carolina Marin in the semi-final clash.

  • 6:57 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Shooting - Maheshwari Chauhan finishes 8th at the end of Day 1

    Maheshwari Chauhan finishes 8th with 71 points in the Skeet Women's Qualification after the third round on Day 1. The remaining two qualification rounds will take place tomorrow. 

    Meanwhile, Raiza Dhillon finds herself in the 25th position with 66 points on Day 1.

    Top six shooters will qualify for the finals.

     

     

  • 5:56 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Australian pair wins gold

    Australian pair Matthew Ebden and John Peers defeat the USA's Ram Rajeev and Austin Krajicek 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 on a tiebreak in the men's doubles final and win the gold medal. 

     

  • 5:52 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - India's challenge ends

    With Deepika Kumar's elimination in the women's quarter-final round, India's archery challenge ends at the Paris Olympics 2024.

    India's wait for maiden Olympic medal in archery continues. 

     

  • 5:34 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari knocked out

    Deepika Kumari loses 4-6 against South Korea's Nam Suhyeon in the women's quarte-final. 

     

  • 5:30 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari loses

    Deepika Kumari - 9, 9, 9 to score 27 

    Nam Suhyeon - 10, 9, 10 to score 29 

  • 5:27 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari loses 4th set

    Deepika Kumar - 10, 7, 10 to score 27

    Nam Suhyeon - 10, 9, 10 to score 29

  • 5:24 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari wins 3rd set

    Deepika Kumari - 10, 9, 10 to score 29  

    Nam Suhyeon - 10, 9, 9 to score 28

  • 5:21 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari loses 2nd set

    Deepika Kumari - 10, 6, 9 to score 25

    Nam Suhyeon - 9, 10, 9 to score 28

  • 5:20 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari takes first set

    Deepika Kumari - 9, 10 and 9 to score 28

    Nam Suhyeon shoots 10, 8, 8 to score 26

  • 5:17 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari's match begins

    Deepika Kumari and Nam Suhyeon take the stage for the women's individual archery quarter-final event. 

  • 5:14 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Swimming - Leon Marchand creates history

    The French swimmer Leon Marchand continues his historic Paris Olympics 2024 campaign with his fourth individual gold medal.

    The 22-year-old Leon wins gold in the men's individual 200m medley event.

    He emulates the legendary Olympian Michael Phelps' record of winning four or more individual golds in a single edition of the Olympics. 

  • 4:59 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Archery - Deepika Kumari in action next

    India's ace archer Deepika Kumari will be in action next.

    She faces South Korea's Nam Suhyeon in the women's individual quarter-final event at 05:09 PM IST. 

     

  • 4:26 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Iga Swiatek claims bronze

    The world no.1 and four-time grand slam winner at Roland-Garros Iga Swiatek defeats Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-1, 6-4 to clinch a bronze medal in the women's singles. 

  • 4:23 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Shooting - Manu Bhaker reacts after missing her third medal in Paris

    I got like really nervous about it, but again, I was trying my best to keep calm and to just try to do my best. But that was not enough. This Olympics turned out to be very good for me, but well, there's always a next time so I'm already looking forward to the next one in Los Angeles. I'm glad that I got two medals, but right now, I'm not very well, fourth place is not a very good place.

  • 4:22 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Tennis - Quinwen Zheng vs Donna Vekic next

    The star Chinese tennis player Quinwen Zheng targets a first-ever tennis gold for her nation as she faces the world no.21 Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles final. 

    Zheng defeated the world no.1 Iga Swiatek in the semi-final to become the first Chinese tennis player to reach the final. 

  • 3:02 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika Kumari will face Nam Su-hyeon of South Korea in the quarters

  • 2:57 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika Kumari's quarterfinal is scheduled at 5:09 PM IST

  • 2:34 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Diananda Choirunisa beats Bhajan Kaur in the round of 16 match

  • 2:33 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    It's shoot-off time

    The match goes into a shoot-off

  • 2:32 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    The scores are level at 5-5 after the end of set 5

  • 2:32 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Bhajan Kaur takes the fifth set

  • 2:30 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Diananda Choirunisa leads Bhajan by 5-3 after the end of the fourth set

  • 2:29 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    The fourth set ends in a draw

  • 2:27 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Diananda Choirunisa is leading Bhajan by 4-2 after the third set

  • 2:26 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Diananda Choirunisa takes the third set

  • 2:24 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery | Women's round of 16

    The scores are now level at 2-2 after the end of the second set

  • 2:23 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Bhajan Kaur takes the second set

     

  • 2:22 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Diananda Choirunisa takes the first set and leads Bhajan by 2-0 after the end of the set.

     

  • 2:20 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Bhajan is up against Diananda Choirunisa of Indonesia 

     

  • 2:20 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Bhajan Kaur is in action now

  • 2:16 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika enters the quarterfinals

  • 2:15 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika still leads by 5-3

  • 2:13 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika loses the fourth set

  • 2:11 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika leads by 5-1 at the end of the third set

  • 2:11 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika takes the third set

  • 2:08 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika leading by 3-1 after the end of the 2nd set

  • 2:06 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika leads her German opponent by 2-0 after the end of the first set

  • 2:06 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika Kumari takes the first set 

  • 2:00 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery

    Deepika Kumari in action next against Michelle Kroppen of Germany in the round of 16 individual category

  • 1:42 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Manu Bhaker's campaign in Paris

    Manu Bhaker bagged a bronze in the women's 10m air pistol category and also clinched a bronze with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed-event category

  • 1:36 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting | Women's 25m pistol final

    1. Yang Jiin - Republic of Korea (Gold)
    2. Camille Jedrzejewski - France (Silver)
    3. Veronika Major - Hungary (Bronze)
    4. Manu Bhaker - India (Fourth)
  • 1:34 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    End of the road for Manu in Paris

    Manu Bhaker's Paris Olympics campaign comes to an end

  • 1:22 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Manu Bhaker: The Pride of India

    Manu Bhaker finishes the women's 25m pistol final in the fourth spot

  • 1:18 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu Bhaker gets eliminated

  • 1:17 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu in the shoot-off for the third place

     

  • 1:17 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu hits two out of five in the eighth series

  • 1:14 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu Bhaker hits four out of five in the seventh series

  • 1:12 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu hits four out of five in the sixth series

  • 1:10 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu is third after the end of the fifth series

  • 1:09 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu Bhaker hits five out of five in the fifth series

  • 1:08 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu Bhaker scores three out of five shots in the fourth series.

  • 1:06 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu hits four out of five in the third series.

  • 1:04 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu has hit four shots out of five in the second series. She has moved up to the fourth place.

  • 1:02 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting

    Manu is in sixth place after the end of the first series. She managed two hits in five attempts.

  • 12:57 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Manu is here!

    Manu Bhaker is out on the range

  • 12:17 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Manu Bhaker's event to start soon

    Manu Bhaker's medal event is set to start at 1 PM IST

  • 12:00 PM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Retirement alert!

    Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's coach Mathias Boe has announced his retirement from coaching.

  • 11:33 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Men's hockey quarterfinal fixtures

    1. India vs Great Britain
    2. Germany vs Argentina
    3. Belgium vs Spain
    4. Australia vs Netherlands
  • 11:17 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Hockey

    India will take on Great Britain in the quarterfinals tomorrow 

  • 10:31 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Rowing | Day 7 highlights

    Balraj Panwar finished 23rd to end his Paris Olympics campaign

  • 10:30 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Athletics | Day 7 highlights

    Parul Chaudhary finished 14th in the women's 5000m heats, while Ankita finished 20th. Meanwhile, Tajinderpal Singh Toor couldn't qualify for the men's shot-put final.

  • 10:29 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Hockey | Day 7 highlights

    India beat Australia 3-2 in their final group-stage game to finish second in Pool B behind Belgium

  • 10:27 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Archery | Day 7 highlights

    Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match to USA in the mixed-team event

  • 10:26 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Badminton | Day 7 highlights

    Lakshya Sen beat Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the quarterfinals to move into the semis

  • 10:24 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Shooting | Day 7 highlights

    Manu Bhaker made it to the final of the women's 25m pistol event whereas Esha Singh failed to qualify. On the other hand, Anant Naruka was 26th after three rounds in the men's skeet qualification.

  • 10:21 AM (IST) Posted by Kumar Rupesh

    Welcome, folks!!!

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Paris Olympics. Today is the eighth day of the Summer Games and all Indians have their eyes fixed on Manu Bhaker again. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates from Paris.