At Paris Olympics, India’s pugilist Nishant Dev will lock horns with Marco Alonso Verde Alvarez of Mexico in the quarter-finals of Men’s 71kg category boxing event tonight. A win for Nishant in this match will secure another medal for India.
India’s Deepika Kumari lost to South Korea’s Nam Suheyon 4-6 in the Quarterfinal round of Archery. Another Archer Bhajan Kaur also bowed down to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa 5-6 in the Round of 16. With this, India’s challenge in archery event ended.
In 25M air pistol shooting Manu Bhaker missed out on a hat-trick and finished the campaign with two historic bronze medals. With four athletes left in the fray, Manu was tied at 28 points with Hungary’s Veronica Major. And in the five-shot shootoff, Manu missed the target twice, while Major missed only once. Major eventually ended with a bronze medal with 31 hits.