Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights, Day 8: Nishant Dev Loses 71kg Boxing Quarter-Final, Julien Wins Women’s 100m
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 Highlights: Boxer Nishant Dev lost the men’s 71kg boxing quarterfinal against Marco Alonso Verde Alvarez (Mexico). A win would have sealed a fourth medal for India at the Paris Olympics 2024. Meanwhile, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who is at the center of a gender row, is assured of a medal after she beat Anna Luca Hamori (Hungary) in the women’s 66kg boxing quarter-final. Earlier, Indian archer Deepika Kumari crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Individual event, losing to South Korea’s Nam Suhyeon. Indian shooter Manu Bhaker missed out on a medal after finishing 4th in the Women’s 25m Pistol final at the Paris Olympics 2024. Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred stunned favourite Sha’Carri Richardson to win the Olympic women’s 100m gold medal. (India’s Day 8 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Day 8 of the Paris Olympics 2024:
Paris Olympics 2024: Thank you
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Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Athletics: More about Alfred
Alfred’s gold gave St. Lucia their first ever medal of any colour at an Olympics. The island nation only began competing at the Games in 1996.
Paris Olympics 2024, Athletics: Great achievement
Alfred — who had never finished on the podium at a major outdoor championships prior to Saturday’s final — conjured a superb race to win in 10.72sec as the USA’s Richardson took silver
Richardson, the reigning world champion over 100m, had been hotly tipped to become the first American to win the coveted Olympic crown since Gail Devers in 1996.
But the 24-year-old Texan found herself outgunned by the powerfully built Alfred, who led from start to finish after exploding out of the blocks at a rainswept Stade de France.