Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, 3rd August: Nishant Dev loses to Marco Verde in Quarterfinals, Manu Bhaker Finishes 4th in Women's 25m Pistol Final

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 Live Coverage Ends

We fold our Live coverage for Day 8 as another medal slips out of India's hand after coming that close. First Manu Bhaker finished fourth now Nishant Dev.

However, plenty of other medal opportunities beckon as some of the big names from wrestling, athletics and weightlifting will be in action soon! For now, let's take a look at the Schedule for Day 9 as we bid good night!

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Men's Boxing 71kg Quarterfinal Result: Nishant Dev vs Marco Verde

Here's the complete judges' result as Marco Verde won the final round by unanimous verdict while the overall judges' result was a 4:1 split verdict. Hard luck for Nishant, who gave it everything against the 2nd seed

Paris 2024 Live: Nishant Dev loses the quarterfinal bout!

Nishant Dev loses the quarterfinal bout to Marco Verde following a closely-fought final round. While the final verdict is not known yet it's easy to predict that it must have been a split verdict with boxers throwing hard punches.

Since Vijender Singh, this is first time we are seeing a middleweight category boxer dominating the ring and taking the fight to the boxers at the highest level!

Marco Verde Retaliates!

A good retaliation by Marco late in the second round after the second round started slow. Nishant, for some reasons, didn't show the agility of the first round! The judges give the second round in favour Verde by a split verdict of 2-3 while it's all equal in overall results!

The final round decides the winner!

Paris Olympics Live, August 3: Brilliant Round by Nishant Dev!

Nishant Dev with some electrifying boxing! His hands are moving too rapidly and has worried the Mexican boxer, who has been on his backfoot! Verde retaliated better later in the round but the five referees gave a 4-1 split verdict in favour of Nishant for the first round!

Nishant Dev vs Marco Verde all set to begin!

The highly-anticipated boxing bout is all set to begin as both Nishant and Marco have arrived at the ring. We head to live action as Round 1 of three is all set to begin. Remember, each round will be of three minutes. We will give you update in the middle of every round!

A look at India's medal chances at Paris Olympics

Five medals in sight for India, including Nishant Dev tonight

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Day 8: Slight Delay

There's a slight delay in start of the boxing bout as the previous match is yet to get over!

Paris 2024 Live, August 3: Marco Verde vs Nishant Dev Head-to-Head

Marco Verde and Nishant Dev are set for a high-stakes clash in the Paris Olympics 2024 quarterfinals. Dev defeated Verde in a close 3-2 decision in the past but since then Verde has won 32 of his 35 bouts, including the Pan America title!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Who is Marco Verde?

Mexican boxer Marco Verde, a 22-year-old rising star from Guadalajara, is the reigning Pan American Games champion. He secured his Olympic spot after defeating Jose Rodriguez in the Pan Am final.

Known for his strong and technical style, Verde is the second seed in his category. In Paris, he received a bye in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 split-decision victory over Mozambique's Tiago Muxanga. Verde's impressive record makes him a formidable contender in this high-stakes match.

Olympics 2024: Nishant Dev in Action NEXT!

Welcome back! We are back in time for India's last and important action of the day as Indian boxer Nishant Dev takes on Pan America Champion Marco Verde in the Men's 71kg Quarterfinal.

Everything is at stake for Nishant as a victory tonight will confirm a bronze medal at least as boxing is among the few sports which grants bronze medals to semifinalists and there are no third-place match

Women's Skeet Shooting: Maheshwari Chauhan Keeps Herself in Hunt for Top 6 Spots!

Maheshwari Chauhan had another strong round as she shot 24 out of a possible 25 in Round 3, taking her aggregate score to 71/75. She is now at the 8th spot and remains a shot behind the 6th-placed shooter Danka Bartekova (72/75).

Meanwhile, another Indian Raiza Dhillon is down at 25th with a score of 66/75.

Olympics 2024: Men's Skeet Shooting Qualification Round

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka ends his Paris Olympics campaign with a 24th-place finish in the Men's Skeet Shooting Qualification Round with an overall score of 116 out of a possible 125. The cut-off for Top 6 qualification was at 122/125.

Golf Update: Shubhankar Sharma slips to T47

Golf Update: Shubhankar Sharma's Round 3 is going from bad to worse as the Indian golfer has now slumped to T47 by the 14th Hole. The 28-year-old golfer is yet to hit a birdie today while stroking three bogies so far to a par stroke now (0).

Meanwhile, Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar has been in a bit of a hurry today as he has already wrapped up his Round 3 with three birdies and as many bogies today! He remains at 2-over-par (+2)

Women's Archery Quarterfinal Match Result: Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon

The result ends India's medal run from archery as all the archers are now out of the competition. Indian archers once again return empty-handed from an Olympics

As far as Day 8 for India is concerned, all eyes are now on boxer Nishant Dev, who takes on Marco Verde in the quarterfinal. A victory for him tonight also seals India's medal!

Deepika Kumari loses in the quarterfinal!

Deepika Kumari's medal run ends in Paris as she loses the final set 29-27 with Nam shooting a brilliant sequence of 10,9,10 while Deepika lingers with three 9s!

Final score:Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon - 28-26, 25-28, 29-28, 27-29, 27-29 (4-6)

Deepika Kumari concedes 4th set!

Deepika Kumari with another loose arrow of her second attempt as she shoots a 7 when it was not needed at all, allowing Nam Su-hyeon to take the set with a sequence of 10,9,10!

Winner of the last set takes the match!

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon: 28-26, 25-28, 29-28, 27-29 (4-4)

Deepika Kumari wins 3rd set!

Deepika Kumari wins third set off the last arrow as she shoots a 10 that was needed to take the lead again while Nam shot 10,9,9!

Deepika will win the match if she wins the next set!

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon: 28-26, 25-28, 29-28 (4-2)

Paris Olympics Live: 3rd set begins

The third set begins with both shooting 10s of their first attempts!

Deepika Kumari concedes 2nd set

A poor shot of 6 of her second arrow cost Deepika Kumari the second set as Nam Su-hyeon responded with a 9,10,9 sequence to win the second set and level the scores!

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon: 28-26, 25-28 (2-2)

Paris 2024 Live: Deepika Kumari wins first set!

Deepika Kumari wins first set with a sequence of 9,10,9 after Nam Su-hyeon shoots two 8s to lose the opening round!

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon: 28-26 (2-0)

Paris Olympics Live, August 3: Nam Su-Hyeon starts with a 10!

Nam Su-hyeon starts with a 10 of her first of the three arrows in the first set while Deepika shoots 9!

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon

The match is all set to begin as both the players are on the range. Nam Su-hyeon will shoot first!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Day 8: Deepika Kumari in Action Soon

The women's archery quarterfinal match between Deepika Kumari and Nam Su-hyeon is soon to begin as the previous women's quarterfinal match ended with 30th seed Lisa Barelin shocked 6th seed Diananda Choirunisa to reach the semifinals.

Three more spots to fill in the spot, hopefully one of them will be Deepika Kumari

Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon

TheDeepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon is slightly delayed as the match before has just reached the shoot-off after the scores were level in the 5th set

Paris 2024 Live, August 3: Who is Nam Su-hyeon?

Nam Su-hyeon is a rising star in South Korean archery, known for her pivotal role in leading the South Korean women's archery team to their 10th consecutive Olympic victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

After recently graduating high school and being selected for the national team, she excelled in both team and individual events.

On her way to the quarterfinal of women's individual archery, she saw offMarie Horakova, Jana Alia andMadalina Amaistroaie

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: COMING UP NEXT!

The next hour and a half is going to be crucial as by the end of it Deepika Kumari may become the first Indian archer to win an Olympic medal. All our focus is now on Deepika, who first appeared at an Olympic as a teenager and now is in her fourth as a proud mother!

• 5:09 PM: Archery - Women's Individual Quarterfinal - Deepika Kumari vs Nam Su-hyeon (South Korea)
• 5:35 PM: Archery - Women's Individual Semifinal (If Qualified) - Deepika Kumari
• 6:03 PM: Archery - Women's Individual Bronze Medal Match (If Qualified) - Deepika Kumari
• 6:16 PM: Archery - Women's Individual Gold Medal Match (If Qualified) - Deepika Kumari

Olympics 2024: Skeet Shooting Qualification Round

Maheshwari Chauhan (in photo) keeps herself in the race for sixth spot as she shoots a 24 out of a possible 25 in her second round after scoring 23 in her opening round. Her aggregate (47/50) takes her to the 14th spot and just a shot behind sixth-placed Vanesa Hockova (Slovakia), who is holding the final qualifying spot.

Maheshwari's compatriot Raiza Dhillon is struggling at the back at 27th spot with an aggregate of 43/50. Three more rounds are left for her to recover, including two of them tomorrow

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, Day 8: Golf

Shubhankar Sharma has dropped to T38 at 2-under-par (-2) after the Hoele 5 of Round 3 as he struggled with a bogey on Hole 4. Surprisingly no birdies from him in the front 9 yet while he managed eagles on Hole 3 twice in previous rounds.

Meanwhile, Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar has teed off and is at T51 after he shot a birdie on Hole 3 but lost another stroke at Hole 7 to a bogey.

Reigning champion Alexander Schauffele, Britain's Tommy Fleetwood and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama remain T1 at 11-under-par (-11)

Paris Olympics Live

There's some time left before the sailing race begins. We will share updates as soon as available. Till then let's take a look at the updates from Men's Golf Round 3 and qualification rounds of men's and women's skeet shooting events