Paris Olympics 2024 Day 13 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra bags silver in Javelin final; Pakistan's Arshad sets Olympic record, wins historic gold
Neeraj Chopra (PTI)
CHENNAI: The India men's hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 to win bronze medal in Day 13 of the Paris Olympics on Thursday. This was India's 13th hockey medal and after 53 years they won back-to-back hockey medals.
Neeraj Chopra throws season's best of 89.45m but Nadeem destroys competition with Olympic record of 92.97m. With his silver, Chopra becomes first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals.
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost the semi-finals in men's 57kg freestyle against Rei Higuchi of Japan. He will play for bronze medal match on Friday against Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rica.
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- 8 Aug 2024 7:20 PM IST
This is India's 13th Hockey Olympic medal and India wins back-to-back medals after 58 years.
- 8 Aug 2024 7:19 PM IST
All Indian players go to Sreejesh who draws curtain in his hockey career with this game. And till the last minute he was doing his job and crucially saved the last minute PC from Spain.
It's a historic win for India!!!!
