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 6:53 PM IST
PC for Spain
Within 30 seconds of the fourth quarter Spain got a chance with a penalty corner, but Marc Recasens shot missed the goalpost.
- 8 Aug 2024 6:50 PM IST
Third Quarter Ends......
India leads 2-1 against Spain with just 15 minutes to go.
Can they maintain the same scores and bring home bronze.
- 8 Aug 2024 6:48 PM IST
PC for India
PC for India but they couldn't stretch their lead as it was a good save from Luis
- 8 Aug 2024 6:30 PM IST
PC for India
But they couldn't make it 3-1 as it was a good block from Spain goalie
