Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates, Day 8: Deepika Kumari placed herself in an advantageous position against Korea’s Suhyeon Nam by winning two of the first three sets but shot a horrible 7 with the second arrow of the fourth set to throw away a great opportunity as India’s archery campaign folded at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Deepika had begun the day well with a 6-4 win over Germany’s Michelle Kroppen but lost by the same margin to Nam, who had won the women’s team gold on Friday.

Teenager Bhajan Kaur was eliminated earlier in the day after losing her pre-quarterfinal match to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa in a shoot-off.

Competing in her fourth Olympics, Deepika yet again left the big stage empty-handed. However, there was no hype around her this time, following disappointments in London, Rio and Tokyo editions.

The fourth place finish by Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara in the mixed team event was India’s best performance in archery in Paris.

Earlier in the day, India’s Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women’s 25m pistol shooting event and capped a magnificent campaign in the ongoing Olympic Games with an unprecedented two medals.

The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 28 in the eight-women final to miss out on completing a hat-trick of medals in a single edition of the Games. She lost to Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off.

Before Bhaker, no Indian athlete has claimed more than one medal at the same Olympics.

In the qualification on Friday, Bhaker shot a total of 590 (294 in precision, 296 in rapid) out of a possible 600 to reach her third final of this Olympics at second place.

Earlier in the sporting spectacle, Bhaker had won bronze in the individual 10m air pistol competition and then combined with Sarabjot Singh to claim another third-place finish in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.

Bhaker’s second bronze had made her the first Indian after Independence to win two medals at the same Olympic Games.