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Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat to fight for gold; hockey team through to bronze medal match
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian woman to reach the Olympic finals in wrestling.
- 12:16 AM IST, Aug 6Hockey - India vs Spain for the men's bronze medal match
- 12:10 AM IST, Aug 6Hockey - India lose 2-3 to Germany, to fight for bronze
- 11:12 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat to face Sarah Hildebrandt of USA in the final
- 10:43 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - VINESH PHOGAT WINS 5-0! GUARANTEED AT LEAST SILVER MEDAL!
- 10:33 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - HERE WE GO! Vinesh is here!
- 10:26 PM IST, Aug 6Hockey - India set to face Germany
- 10:21 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh's bout is next
- 10:12 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat coming up soon
- 9:53 PM IST, Aug 6What the Paris 2024 gold medal looks like
- 5:57 PM IST, Aug 6Javelin - This is how they line up in the men's final….
- 4:35 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh's women's 50kg semi-final opponent confirmed
- 4:20 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat beats Oksana Livach 7-5, through to women's 50kg semi-finals
- 4:08 PM IST, Aug 6Wrestling - Vinesh's quarterfinal bout underway
- 4:02 PM IST, Aug 6Javelin - Neeraj Chopra flies into finals
- 3:06 PM IST, Aug 6Women's freestyle 50kg pre-quarterfinal - Vinesh Phogat wins!
- 3:04 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:58 PM IST, Aug 6Women's freestule 50kg quarterfinal - Update
- 2:49 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:34 PM IST, Aug 6Women's freestule 50kg quarterfinal - Update
- 2:33 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:26 PM IST, Aug 6Men's javelin throw qualification - Kishore Jena's third attempt
- 2:25 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:18 PM IST, Aug 6Men's javelin throw qualification - Kishore Jena's second attempt
- 2:16 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:07 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 2:00 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 1:58 PM IST, Aug 6Men's javelin throw qualification - Kishore Jena's first attempt
- 1:56 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 1:47 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 1:41 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 1:35 PM IST, Aug 6Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
- 1:27 PM IST, Aug 6Who is representing India in men's table tennis team pre-quarters
- 1:10 PM IST, Aug 6What's coming up?
- 1:04 PM IST, Aug 6No repechage for Nisha
- 12:43 PM IST, Aug 6Arshad to be Neeraj's main challenger
- 12:33 PM IST, Aug 6Men's javelin throw format
- 12:15 PM IST, Aug 6Neeraj Chopra's challengers
- 11:58 AM IST, Aug 6India vs Pakistan in javelin
- 11:43 AM IST, Aug 6Neeraj to increase India's medal tally
- 11:27 AM IST, Aug 6Day 10's disappointment
- 11:12 AM IST, Aug 6Huge task ahead for Vinesh Phogat
- 10:52 AM IST, Aug 6Other events
- 10:38 AM IST, Aug 6Kishore Jena on Paris 2024 and Neeraj Chopra
- 10:29 AM IST, Aug 6Hello and good morning everyone!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Vinesh Phogat stunned Olympic champion Yui Susaki to start the day and ended it by becoming the first Indian woman to reach a Games final in wrestling. Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin final with a monster throw of 89.34m in his first attempt. The men's hockey team lost 3-2 in an exhilarating semi-final against Germany and will now face Spain in the bronze medal match.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat has done it! She has secured her first Olympic medal in her third appearance at the Games and it will be at least a silver! She is the first Indian woman to reach an Olympic final in wrestling. Vinesh started the day by doing the impossible - beating the seemingly inconquerable Yui Susaki of Japan in her first bout. She then went on to win her quarterfinal bout as well and then dominated the semi-final against Yusneylis Guzman of Cuba. She won that bout 5-0 and thus sailed into the women's 50kg final....Read More
The Indian men's hockey team, meanwhile, lost 2-3 to world champions Germany in an exhilarating semi-final and thus missed out on a chance to fight for gold. They will now face Spain in the bronze medal match in a bid to win medals at two consecutive Olympics for the first time since 1956.
Vinesh was a medal contender at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 for India. Her campaign in 2016 came to an end due to a career-threatening injury during the tournament while she missed out on a medal in Tokyo and later revealed that she was managing another injury during the tournament. Her preparations for Paris 2024 was later affected by her active participation in the wrestlers' protest but she has now returned and made history.
Earlier, Neeraj Chopra started his gold medal defence by qualifying for the final in men's javelin with a monster throw of 89.34m in his first attempt itself. Earlier, Meanwhile, the men's table tennis team lost to China in the pre-quarterfinal.
Day 10 turned out to be a rollercoaster of emotions for India with athletes from the country finishing in fourth places in two different events. Badminton star Lakshya Sen, looking to become the first Indian man to win a singles medal at the Olympics and the third from his country to do so overall, got off to a good start but ultimately lost 21-13 16-21 11-21 defeat against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. In shooting, Maheshwari Singh, Anant Jeet Singh reached the bronze medal match of mixed skeet, but lost in the medal encounter.
In table tennis, India managed to seal a 3-2 win vs Romania in the team round of 16 and booked a quarter-final berth. In athletics, Kiran Pahal finished in seventh position in her Round 1 heat of women's 400m, and into the repechage stage. Meanwhile, Avinash Sable bagged fifth spot in men's 3000m steeplechase Round 1 Heat 2, and is through to the final. Nisha Dahiya was left extremely disappointed in wrestling, losing to North Korea's Pak Sol Gum in the quarters. She sustained a shoulder injury and is also out of repechage, which was confirmed after Pak's semi-final defeat.
RESULTS FROM DAY 11 OF PARIS OLYMPICS-
Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat beats Yui Susaki in women's 50kg pre-quarterfinal
Vinesh Phogat beats Oksana Livach in women's 50kg quarterfinal
Vinesh Phogat beats Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in women's 50kg semifinal, GUARANTEED AT LEAST SILVER MEDAL
Hockey
India lose 2-3 to Germany in men's hockey semi-final, face Spain in bronze medal match
Table Tennis
India lose 0-3 to China in men's team pre-quarterfinal
Athletics
Kishore Jena finishes in ninth position in his men's javelin throw qualification
Kiran Pahal finishes sixth and last in women's 400m repechage heat 1, fails to qualify for semi-finals
Neeraj Chopra through to men's javelin final with throw of 89.34m
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: India are trailing 2-9! Harmeet serves and China wrap it up, 10-2, game point! Manav sends his forehand wide, game for China!
India 2-11 China, Match 1
India 0-1 China
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Men's table tennis team pre-quarters - UPDATE
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: The action begins! Match 1 will be men's doubles action! Harmeet and Manav for India!
India 0-0 China, Match 1*
India 0-0 China
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Who is representing India in men's table tennis team pre-quarters
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Sarath, Harmeet and Manav will be in action for India in the men's team table tennis pre-quarters vs China. Can they sprint a surprise against the heavyweights?
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: What's coming up?
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Get ready folks! India's Day 11 campaign will begin in sometime! The men's table tennis team will be up against China in their pre-quarterfinal clash! Meanwhile we will also have athletics in the first-half! The table tennis match is at 1:30 PM, and javelin throw starts at 1:50 PM IST.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: No repechage for Nisha
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Nisha Dahiya was anyways ruled out ater her defeat to Pak Sol Gum, due to a shoukder injury. Now it has been confirmed and there will be no repechage for her as Pak lost her semis bout!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Arshad to be Neeraj's main challenger
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Arshad got silver at the World C'ships and gold at CWG 2022, with a huge 90.18m throw. It will be interesting to see who gets the bigger throw today between Arshad and Neeraj!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Men's javelin throw format
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: The qualification round will decide the line-up for Thursday's final! athletes achieving 84.00m which is also the qualifying mark, will enter the final. If the number of athletes who get 84.00m is few than 12, the next highest-ranked athlete, will be included in the final. If more than 12 get the qualifying standard, then all will ake it to the final!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra's challengers
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Neeraj's challengers for gold will be Vadlejch of Czech Republic, Grenada's Anderson Peters, Pakistan's Arshad, Kenya's Julius Yego, Trinidad's Walcott and Helander from Finland. Germany's DEhning has the leading mark of 90.20m, which he got in February. But since then he hasn't gone past the 82m mark!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: India vs Pakistan in javelin
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: India vs Pakistan rivalry is not just restricted to cricket. It has seeped into javelin throw too! Arshad and Neeraj have taken part in some intense battles and we could see another thrilling face-off between the duo!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Neeraj to increase India's medal tally
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: India have won three medals until now! Manu Bhaker has bagged an individual bronze and a mixed team one. Meanwhile, Swapnil Kusale also clinched a shooting bronze. Now it is upto Neeraj to extend that tally and also maybe win a gold again!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Day 10's disappointment
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Lakshya was left totally disappointed as he lost 21-13 16-21 11-21 in the bronze medal clash on Monday. Speaking after the match, Lakshya said, “I started this match really good but I couldn't hold the lead and then when he started playing well, it was hard for me to find answers in the rallies. Overall, a bit disappointed with the results.”
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Huge task ahead for Vinesh Phogat
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Vinesh will face Susaki in her campaign opener in the women's 50kg event. Susaki is the defending champion and she won gold in Tokyo without losing a single point. She also hasn't lost a single bout since 2010, except for three losses to Irei (2015, 2017 and 2019).
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Other events
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: The men's table tennis team will be in pre-quarterfinal action today, against China. Meanwhile in athletics, we will also see Kiran in women's 400m repechage action! The men's hockey team also face Germany in the semis!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Kishore Jena on Paris 2024 and Neeraj Chopra
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Speaking to ANI, Jena said, "Preparation is very good, and we are getting a lot of support from here. It will be good. I will give my best tomorrow. I will play like a finalist. It is my first time, so I will give 100 per cent."
Commenting on Neeraj, he said, "You know how much Indian athletics has grown because of Neeraj bhai. Everyone has high hopes for him. It feels good that he is with us. He is staying with us. We wish him well."
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Hello and good morning everyone!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of Day 11! Today is the day, which we have all been waiting for! Neeraj Chopra will be in action as the men's javelin throw qualification takes place today! He is the defending champion and is the favourite to get his second Olympic gold.
