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 started the day by doing the impossible and ended it by breaking an Olympic glass ceiling for Indian women.

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.

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