Hello readers! Day 8 of the Paris Games brought with it a chance for India to shine, but disappointment prevailed. Indian shooter Manu Bhaker suffered a heartbreak, as did all of India after the shooter bowed out of the 25m pistol women’s final, shattering her dreams for a hat-trick. Deepika Kumari, however, kept India’s hopes up and qualified for the archery QFs, only to be knocked out by South Korean Nam Su-hyeon. To track the latest updates from the 2024 Olympics, stay tuned to DH!
Highlights
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GYMNASTICS | Simone Biles soars to third gold medal with vault triumph
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CYCLING | Evenepoel claims brilliant road double
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TABLE TENNIS | China’s Chen wins women’s singles gold, teammate Sun takes silver
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GYMNASTICS | Philippines’ Yulo wins men’s floor exercise gold medal
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EQUESTRIAN | Germany win dressage team gold ahead of Denmark and Britain
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ARCHERY | South Korea’s Lim wins gold in women’s individual event
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SAILING | Israel’s Reuveny wins gold in men’s windsurfing final
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TENNIS | Australians Ebden and Peers win men’s doubles gold
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SAILING | Italy’s Maggetti rallies to win gold in women’s windsurfing
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ARCHERY | Deepika Kumari loses 4-6 to Nam Su-hyeon as Korean heads to semi-final
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ROWING | Zeidler wins men’s single sculls gold for Germany
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ROWING | Britain win gold in men’s eights
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SHOOTING | South Korea’s Yang wins women’s 25m pistol gold
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ROWING | Florijn wins women’s single sculls gold for Netherlands
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ARCHERY | Bhajan Kaur eliminated in pre-QF
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ARCHERY | Victorious Deepika Kumari heads to QFs
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SHOOTING | Heartbreak for India after Manu Bhaker bows out of final
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SWIMMING | Coach Bowman hails ‘perfect’ Marchand as Frenchman claims fourth gold
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TENNIS | Czech duo Siniakova and Machac win mixed doubles gold
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PARIS GAMES | India’s schedule on Day 8
FOOTBALL | US women’s team reach semis after 1-0 win over Japan in extra time
Four-time gold medallists United States reached the semi-finals of the Olympic women’s football with a 1-0 win over Japan courtesy of a Trinity Rodman strike in extra time in Paris on Saturday.
A huge crowd at the Parc des Princes, with former Ballon d’Or winner Megan Rapinoe and rapper Snoop Dogg among those in the stands, witnessed a hard-fought contest in a long-established women’s football rivalry.
Emma Hayes’s side will next face the winner of the quarter-final between defending champions Canada and Germany in Marseille later on Saturday. (Reuters)
GYMNASTICS | Simone Biles soars to third gold medal with vault triumph
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Simone Biles won the vault final on Saturday to clinch her third gold medal of the Paris Games, dominating the competition with her signature Biles II vault to beat Brazilian silver medallist Rebeca Andrade with American Jade Carey taking bronze.
Biles soared high into the air as she performed her explosive Yurchenko double pike for a massive score of 15.700.
The American also impressed with her second effort. She powered down the runway and launched into the Cheng vault, which incorporates a round-off, half-on entry with a one-and-a-half twisting flip to finish. She earned 14.900.
The 27-year-old claimed a comfortable victory at the Bercy Arena with an average of 15.300 points.
Biles arrived in Paris as the world’s most decorated gymnast and she has reached new heights by claiming gold medals in all three women’s events contested so far in Paris. She now has 10 Olympic medals overall, with seven of them being gold. (Reuters)
CYCLING | Evenepoel claims brilliant road double
Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel claimed gold in the men’s road race in dramatic fashion at the Olympics on Saturday to become the first male rider to achieve the double after also winning the time trial.
Evenepoel suffered a mechanical less than four kilometres from the finish, on the Carousel du Louvre, raising his arm for assistance before clapping and waving at his team to deliver a new bike in a scene of sheer panic.
The change was made swiftly, however, and he powered to the line after he had made the decisive move 15km from the finish, in the run-in to the second of three punishing ascents of the Butte Montmartre.
His brutal attack left Valentin Madouas, who was hovering 1:15 behind when Evenepoel’s incident occurred, gasping for air but the Frenchman hung on to take silver after 273km.
Evenepoel raised his arm again in the final kilometre but this time it was a pre-celebration before stepping off his bike as he crossed the line for a photo with the Eiffel Tower in the background. (Reuters)
TABLE TENNIS | China’s Chen wins women’s singles gold, teammate Sun takes silver
China’s Chen Meng won the gold medal in the women’s table tennis singles final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, with her teammate Sun Yingsha taking silver.
Japan’s Hina Hayata secured bronze. (Reuters)
GYMNASTICS | Philippines’ Yulo wins men’s floor exercise gold medal
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The Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo won the gold medal in the men’s gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat won the silver medal and Britain’s Jake Jarman took the bronze. (Reuters)