Paris Olympics 2024, Day 8: Catch all the action from the Summer Games through these images
Manu Bhaker finished 4th in women's 25m air pistol and couldn't add to her historic campaign while Nishant Dev and Deepika Kumari came close to winning a medal
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Manu Bhaker, Nishant Dev and Deepika Kumari coming agonisingly close to winning medals was the story of the day for India at the Olympics. Away from the Indian perspective, Simone Biles adding to her legend and a stunning DNS from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the women's 100m semi-final were the standout stories of Day 8 of the Paris Olympics. (AP)
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Manu Bhaker had reached the women's 25m pistol final after finishing second in qualification. (ANI)
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She had been flitting between second and third for much of the final. However, she had to then bow out in a shootout for third spot with Hungary's Veronika Major.(REUTERS)
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A medal would have put Manu in the same bracket as hockey legends like Dhyan Chand in terms of number of Olympic medals won by Indians. She is already the first Indian to have won two medals at the same Olympics. (PTI)
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