India at 2024 Paris Olympics, Day 5 Live: Archer Deepika Kumari in action; boxer Lovlina in quarters
Live updates of the main events from Day 5 of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
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Archery, women’s individual: Deepika Kumari will now aim to join her compatriot Bhajan Kaur in the Round of 16 when she takes on Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands. 
Boxing, women’s 75kg event: A comfortable win in the end for Lovlina Borgohain. Did not exert herself a lot against an opponent who was eager to go all out. The Indian did the damage on points in the first two rounds and even though Hoftsad won the third round on points, it wasn’t enough to overcome her deficit.
Up next for Borgohain will be a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against China’s Li Qian, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist. The pair met twice last year with Borgohain winning at the World Championships in New Delhi and Qian winning at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
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That was just pure luck which helped India this time round.
Both archers shoot 8 but Deepika Kumari is closer to the centre than Reena Parnat’s. This after Deepika shot a perfect set to take it to a shoot-off. pic.twitter.com/kZGaXNcGqI— Tanya Kini (@SportsManiac93) July 31, 2024
Archery, women’s individual: This time the shoot-off goes India’s way. Deepika with a wry smile as she shoots an 8, but Parnat shoots an 8 further away from the centre than her and...
