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.
Live Updates
- 6 Aug 2024 3:42 PM IST
Men's Javelin Throw Qualification
Grenada's Anderson Peters makes a distance of 88.63m to become the third to secure direct qualification.
- 6 Aug 2024 3:25 PM IST
WRESTLING: WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 50 KG QUARTER-FINAL MATCH
India's Vinesh Phogat will face Oksana Livach of Ukraine in quarter-final match, enters into quarter-final match by defeating Yui Susaki in 1/8 round.
- 6 Aug 2024 3:25 PM IST
WOWZAA!!!!
Neeraj you beauty. The golden boy Neeraj Chopra qualified to the final with a mammoth 89.34m in his first attempt
- 6 Aug 2024 3:13 PM IST
WRESTLING: VINESH ENTER INTO QUARTER-FINAL
India's Vinesh Phogat enters into quarter-final match after defeating Japan's Yui Susaki in 1/8 round match
The reigning Olympic Champion Susaki never lost a point in her run to the Olympics gold in 2020 and moreover has the record of never losing a bout in international competition
- 6 Aug 2024 3:06 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: CHINA ENTERS INTO QUARTER-FINAL
Indian team failed to enter quarter-final. They loses against Chinese team 3 -0 in the round of 16 match.