Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 Highlights: Manu Bhaker stands fourth in 25m pistol; Boxer Nishant loses in quarter-finals
No Indian man has won a boxing medal at the Olympics since Vijender Singh bagged bronze back in Beijing
Nishant Dev will become the 4th Indian to win a medal in boxing if everything goes well tonight.
Coming up next: BOXING!!!!!!
India's Nishant Dev will face Mexico's Marco Alonso in the quarter-final
We will be back at 11:30 PM 🕦 where Boxer Nishant will be in action 🥊
Lets see what games are instore for us tomorrow
Shooting - Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala in men's 25m Rapid fire pistol qualification - 12.30 pm
Shooting - Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillion in women's skeet qualification - 1.00 pm
Hockey - India v Great Britain (Quarter-final) - 1.30 pm
Athletics - Parul Chaudhary in women's 3000m steeplechase round 1 - 1.35 pm
Athletes need to meet the qualification standard of 8.15 or be among the 12 best jumpers to advance to the final.
Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian in women's 75KG quarter-final - 3.02 pm
Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs 'Great Dane' Viktor Axelsen in semi-final -
Men's and Women's sailing events (Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan will be in action ) - 3.35 pm and 6.05 pm
Skeet finals (if Maheshwari or Raiza qualify) - 7.00 pm
Sailing: Nethra stands at 24th
Women's ILCA dinghy
Nethra Kumanan finishes at 24th position after the end of the sixth race.
Top 10 racers at the end of 10 races will qualify for medal contention round
Points Per Race
1 2 3 4 5 6
Nethra Kumanan 6 15 27 28 28 20
Total Points - 124 Net Points - 96
Skeet women's qualification
Indian Maheshwarri Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon will be in action tomorrow in women's skeet qualification round.
The remaining rounds will take place tomorrow.
Sailing: Vishnu at 23rd place
Men's ILCA dinghy
Vishnu Saravanan finishes at 23rd position at the end of the sixth race with 117 points.
Top 10 racers at the end of 10 races will qualify for medal contention round .
Points Per Race
1 2 3 4 5 6
Vishnu Saravanan 10 34 20 19 21 13
Total Points - 117 , -+Net Points - 83
SKEET MEN'S QUALIFICATION
Indian shooter Anant Jeet Naruka couldn't enter finals. Finishes at 24th place in the men's skeet qualification