Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, Day 11: Vinesh Phogat enters wrestling gold medal match; India falls to Germany in hockey semifinal

USA’s Gabrielle Thomas won gold in the Women’s 200m with a time of 21.83 to finish ahead of Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred who clocked 22.08. 

Brittany Brown wins bronze for the USA with a time of 22.20. 

Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou seals a second consecutive Olympic gold in long jump with a 8.48m jump. Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock wins silver with a 8.12m jump while 19-year-old Italian Mattia Furlani gets bronze (8.34m).

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai has to settle for silver this time round with a National Record time of 8:53.34, finishing behind Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi who registers a new Olympic Record time of 8:52.76 to win gold. 

Kenya’s Faith Cherotich registers a Personal Best of 8:55.15 to win bronze. 

Canada’s Camryn Rogers registers a 76.97m throw in the women’s hammer throw final to seal the gold medal.

USA’s Annette Nneka Echikunwoke wins silver with a 75.48m throw ahead of China’s Jie Zhao (74.27).

World-recorder holder Anita Wlodarczyk finishes fourth with a 74.23m throw. 

What an upset in the men’s 1500m! Jakob Ingebrigtsen fails to finish in the podium. 

America’s Cole Hocker wins gold with an Olympic Record time of 3:27.65. Great Britain’s Josh Kerr records a new National Record with a time of 3:27.79 but will have to settle for silver. USA’s Yared Nuguse wins bronze with a personal best of 3:27.80.

A 3-2 reverse at the hands of Germany ends India’s quest for a first gold medal in 44 years. The team will now face Spain for the bronze medal. 

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Paris 2024 Olympics: India loses to Germany in semifinal; to face Spain for Bronze

India stumbled against Germany 2-3 at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium on Tuesday, failing to qualify for the gold medal match of the Men’s Hockey event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Miltiadis Tentoglou starts with a 8.27 m in the men’s long jump final, slotting behind Italy’s Mattia Furlani who registers a 8.34 m jump.

Femke Bol wins the third semifinal of the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 52.57. USA’s Anna Cockrell qualifies second with a time of 52.90. 

Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon and Savannah Sutherland of Canada qualify as the best third-fourth place finishers. 

GOAL!! Marco Miltkau strokes the ball in after a super ball into the middle from the left flank. Perfect placement frim Miltkau to knock it past Sreejesh. 

IND 2 - 3 GER

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone qualifies for the final of the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 52.13. France’s Louise Maraval makes it through in second place in 53.83. 

Jamaica’s Russell Clayton wins the first semifinal of the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 53.00 seconds ahead of USA’s Jasmine Jones. 

India levels the match against Germany in the semifinal of the men’s hockey competition with Sukhjeet expertly guiding a Harmanpreet Singh penalty corner into the net. 

IND 2 - 2 GER

Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith wins Heat 3 of the men’s 400m with a time of 44.07. Michael Norman of the USA qualifies second with a time of 44.26. 

Samuel Ogazi of Nigeria and Christopher Bailey of the USA qualify as the fastest third place finishers. 

Grenada’s three-time Olympic medallist Kirani James wins Heat 2 in the semifinal with a time of 43.78 to qualify for the final. Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga breaks a NR with a time of 43.81 to make it through. 

Christopher Ruehr slots in the penalty stroke to help Germany take the lead against India in the men’s hockey semfinal. A contentious decision but Germany referred and got a favourable decision. 

USA’s Quincy Hall wins the first semifinal with a time of 43.95. Jerem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago also makes it to the final with a time of 44.33. 

A penalty corner is converted expertly by Gonzalo Peillat to level the match against India in the men’s hockey semifinal. 

USA’s Sarah Ann Hildrebrandt wins the second semifinal against Mongolia’s Otgonjargal Dolgorjav 5-0 to move to the final where she will face Vinesh Phogat. 

Vinesh Phogat defeats Cuba’s Yusleylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 to qualify for the Gold medal match of the Wrestling 50kg freestyle event. 

The 29-year-old has ensured that Vinesh will become the first Indian female wrestler to win a silver or gold medal in wrestling. 

Vinesh Phogat reaches final of women’s 50kg wrestling, assured of medal at Paris 2024 Olympics

Vinesh, who is competing in this weight category for the first time, secured a 5-0 victory by points.

Vinesh manages to get in a couple of turns and she leads Guzman 5-0 with a minute and 17 seconds left on the clock. 

Goal!! Harmanpreet slots in the PC to give India the lead over Germany in the menm’s hockey semifinal.

Vinesh gets the first point of the semifinal after being awarded a point for the Cuban’s passivity. 

Vinesh Phogat is set to take on Cuba’s Yusleylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba in the women’s wrestling 50kg semifinal. 

Australia’s Arisa Trew wins gold in the Skateboarding Women’s Park Final with a score of 93.18. Japan’s Cocona Hiraki wins silver with 92.63 and Great Britain’s Sky Brown wins bronze with 92.31. 

USA: Alyssa Naeher, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Trinity Rodman, Crystal Dunn, Mallory Swanson, Linsdey Horan (C), Sophia Smith, Tierna Davidson, Rose Lavelle, Samantha Coffee

Germany: Ann-Katrin Berger, Kathrin Hendrich, Marina Hegering, Janina Minge, Sydney Lohmann, Sjoeke Nuesken, Guilia Gwinn (C), Jule Brand, Klara Buehl, Felicitas Rauch, Nicole Anyomi

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Paris 2024: Vinesh Phogat beats unbeaten Japanese Susaki, stages biggest upset by an Indian at the Olympics

Vinesh Phogat ends Yui Susaki's 82-0 streak at Olympics, becoming the one to beat the unbeatable wrestler.

A comfortable 3-0 win for South Korea over Sweden in the quarterfinal of the Table Tennis Women’s Team. 

Yubin Shin/ Jihee Jeon beat Filippa Bergand/ Christina Kallberg 11-2, 11-7, 11-5

Eunhye Lee beat Linda Bergstrom 2-11, 11-4, 12-10, 13-11

Jihee Jeon beat Christina Kallberg 8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-7

Serbia beats Australia 95-90 after OT to seal progression to the semifinal of the men’s basketball event. 

China’s Hongchan Quan wins gold in the Diving Women’s 10 Platform Final with a score of 425.60. Yuxi Chen wins silver with 420.70 with North Korea’s Kim Mi Rae winning bronze with 372.10. 

Denmark 29 bt Netherlands 25

France 26 bt Germany 23

A comfortable 4-0 win for Netherlands over Spain in the first semifinal of the men’s hockey event. First Olympic final since 2012 for the Dutch. 

NED 4 - 0 ESP (Janssen 12’, Brinkman 20’, van Dam 32’, Telgenkamp 50’)

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Netherlands shutout Spain to advance to final

The top-ranked Netherlands advanced to the men’s hockey final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after beating Spain 4-0 with a clinical performance after having had to comeback against the same side in the group stage.

Thijs van Dam scores a third for Netherlands against Spain in the men’s hockey semifinal. The number one ranked team looks to have sealed a spot in the gold medal match to be held on August 8. 

NED 3 - 0 ESP

Vinesh Phogat will face Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the semifinal of the Women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling event. The wrestling semifinals are set to start at 9:45pm IST and Vinesh’s encounter will be 5th on the mat. 

Thierry Brinkman extends Netherlands lead in the men’s hockey semifinal vs Spain.

NED 2 - 0 ESP

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greece crashes out of the men’s basketball semifinal after a 63-76 loss at the hands of Germany.

Serbia takes on Australia in the second quarterfinal starting now. 

Paris 2024: Strong second half lifts Germany over Greece and into its first Olympics semifinals

Franz Wagner scored 18 points, and Germany overcame a sluggish start to beat Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and advance to the Olympics semifinals for the first time.

Goal!! Jip Janssen opens the scoring for Netherlands vs Spain in the men’s hockey semifinal via a penalty stroke.

NED 1 - 0 ESP

Vinesh Phogat will face Cuba’s Lopez Guzman in the semifinal bout at 10:15 PM today. A win will assure her of a medal. If she loses, she will play the bronze medal bout.

Livach tries to play the aggressor but the Indian holds on with her defence to take the bout. She has taken down the eighth seed and will contest for a medal at Paris 2024.

Vinesh gets another reversal in. She leads 7-4 now.

Vinesh is put down on a reversal by the Ukrainian which sees her concede two. The Indian gets one back with a leg hold.

Another reversal by Vinesh. She is now 4-0 ahead.

Vinesh gets a scoring move with a reversal. She is ahead three minutes into the bout. Three more to go!

The Indian will next be in action at 4:20PM IST, against Ukraine’s Oksana Livach, who is seeded eighth in the competition.

Arshad Nadeem books a spot in the final with a throw of 86.59m. Anderson Peters makes a distance of 88.63m to become the third thrower to secure direct qualification.

Neeraj Chopra starts with a mammoth 89.34m on his first attempt to secure a passage to the final. 84.0m was the qualification mark. He makes the final with a season-best throw.

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for javelin throw final at Paris Olympics 2024

Neeraj had started the year with an 88.36m throw in Doha, his best of the year.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Vinesh Phogat upsets defending champion Sasaki in first round of women’s 50kg wrestling

India’s Vinesh Phogat upset the top-seeded grappler in women’s 50kg wrestling, Japan’s Yui Sasaki, to qualify for the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday.

Vinesh has done the unthinkable! She beat 4-time World Champion and defending Olympic champion Japan’s Yui Susaki in the round of 16 bout with a scoreline of 3-2. 

Manav Thakar led 4-3 early on but Chuqin gets a hold on this game to take it 11-6. China one game away from winning the tie.

Thakkar proves a stern test for Chuqin in the first game but the Chinese does just enough to win 11-9.

Vinesh Phogat will be competing in her round of 16 bout against Japan’s Yui Susaki.

The Chinese turns the script around after losing the first game. He takes the contest 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5. China leads 2-0 now.

The next match will be Manav Thakkar vs Wang Chuqin.

Jena ends in the seventh place with a best throw of 80.73m. He will now need other results to go his way to end up in the best 12 throwers.

The Chinese paddler gets the score level by taking the second game 11-7.

Jena fouls on his second try. He is seventh in Group A and has one attempt left to get the 84.0m automatic mark.

A first game win for India in this tie. Sharath trailed 5-6 but comes back to take the opening game 11-9 from the singles gold medal winner.

80.73m for the Indian on his first try. He is fifth at the moment in Group A. 

Germany’s Julian Weber needs just one throw to make the final. He lands the javelin at 87.76m to go through.

11-2, 11-3, 11-7 is the final scoreline as Chuqin and Long complete a comfortable win for China.

Fan Zhendong and Achanta Sharath Kamal in the next singles match.

Smooth sailing for the Chinese pair as they take the second game 11-3. China won the first six points in the round and were barely challenged by Desai and Thakkar.

Long and Chuqin stroll through in the opening game 11-2. The Indian team fighting to keep its unforced errors in check. 

The Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena will be in the first qualifying group starting 1:50PM. 

The automatic qualifying mark is set at 84m.

The men’s team is up against the almighty China. Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar to take on the pairing of Ma Long and Wang Chuqin.