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 2:06 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: Sharath wins Game 1
After a close battle, Sharath Kamal takes the game 1 against China's Zhendong .
Sharath 11 - 9 Zhendong
- 6 Aug 2024 2:03 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: Sharath in action
Sharath shares equal points with his opponent Zhendong in halfway mark in Game 1
Sharath 6 - 6 Zhendong
- 6 Aug 2024 2:01 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: MATCH 2 BEGINS
Sharath Kamal is up against China's Zhendong Fan in Match 2
- 6 Aug 2024 2:00 PM IST
Men's Javelin Throw Qualification
Kishore Jena throws 80.73 on his first attempt. Two more to go.
Stands at second place after Germany's Julian Weber.
Each athlete need a throw of 84.00 to qualify for finals.
- 6 Aug 2024 1:56 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: CHINA WINS MATCH 1
Chinese players Chuqin Wang and Long Ma are off to a flying start against Harmeet and Vikash , taking Match 1 with ease!
IND 7 -11 CHN
MATCH GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3
CHN * Chuqin/Long 3 11 11 11
IND* Harmeet/Vikash 0 2 3 7
- 6 Aug 2024 1:47 PM IST
TABLE TENNIS: CHINA WINS GAME 2
Chinese team continues their winning streak, taking Game 2 against India with their excellent performance
IND 3 - 11 CHN