Paris Olympics 2024 Day 11 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat wins 5-0, enters final to fight for gold; India loses to Germany in semis, to fight for bronze against Spain
India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra has qualified to the finals of the men’s javelin throw in his first attempt with a mammoth 89.34m. With the season-best throw, he has now entered the finals.
CHENNAI: What a day it has been for the Indian contingents, started off with Neeraj Chopra qualifying to the finals and wrestler Vinesh Phogat qualifying to the finals both of whom wnow has a chance to win a gold for India.
India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra has qualified to the finals of the men’s javelin throw in his first attempt with a mammoth 89.34m. With the season-best throw, he has now entered the finals.
Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 5-0 in the women's freestyle 50kg semi-final and creates history by becoming the first Indian women wrestler to enter an Olympic final.
Meanwhile, Kishore Jena finished in the 9th place in the qualification round for the Group B Javelin event.
It was a miss for India's table tennis players Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar who lost to the Chinese team straight down 3-0, today.
Indian hockey team would be devastated after a lose like that against Germany in the semi-finals. They went down 2-3 against them in a match that went down the wire till the last second.
On the other hand, Indian athlete Kiran Pahal finished 6th in the women's 400m repechage heat round.
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- 6 Aug 2024 8:36 PM IST
JUST A REMINDER!!
Vinesh Phogat defeated Yui Susaki and Osana Livach to feature in her maiden semi-final bout in wrestling
- 6 Aug 2024 7:46 PM IST
TWO MATCHES LEFT FOR TODAY !!!!!!!
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will face Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman in the semi-final match at 10:15 pm.
Indian hockey team is up against Germany at 10:30 pm.
If India wins the match, they will compete for Gold against Netherlands on 8th of August.
If India loses the match, they will compete for Bronze against Spain on 8th of August.
- 6 Aug 2024 7:22 PM IST
Will Sreejesh fire up once again tonight and help India storm into hockey finals?
It was in 1928 that Indian hockey won its first Olympic gold and the nation’s dominance was evident with triumphs in 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980 Olympics before the national game went into shell.
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- 6 Aug 2024 6:56 PM IST
TOP MEDALLIST IN OLYMPICS 2024
Chinese Yufei Zhang is the top medallist in the Paris Olympics 2024 with 6 medals.