Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, August 7, Day 12: Vinesh disqualified; Mirabai Chanu finishes fourth; Sable finishes 11th in steeplechase

Australia’s Nina Kennedy wins gold ahead of defending champion Katie Moon who has to settle for silver. Alysha Newman of Canada wins bronze. 

USA’s Sarah Ann Hildebrandt wins gold in the women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling. Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez wins silver after being promoted following Vinesh’s disqualification. 

A CAS ruling is imminent tomorrow and that could alter the current medal standings. Read more in the link below. 

Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat moves Court of Arbitration for Sport, appeals against disqualification from wrestling final

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has moved the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after her disqualification from the Women’s Freestyle 50kg final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

Sable finishes 11th in men’s 3000m steeplechase! A timing off 8:14:18 for the Indian national record holder.

Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali defends his Olympic gold with a time of 8:06.05. USA’s Kenneth Rooks wins silver and Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya gets the bronze. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Avinash Sable finishes eleventh in men’s 3000m steeplechase final

Avinash Sable finished eleventh in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Paris 2024 Olympics held at the Stade de France on Wednesday.

Avinash Sable drops to 12th after the 2000m mark. He is being crowded in at the middle. 

At the end of the 1000m mark Avinash Sable is currently placed fifth in the 3000m steeplechase. 

Mirabai Chanu falters in her last clean and jerk attempt of 114kg to miss out on medal contention. Three wrestlers have already bettered her total of 199kg.

China’s Zhihui Hou wins gold, ahead of Valentina Cambei of Romania and Surodchana Khambao of Thailand. 

Paris Olympics: Mirabai Chanu misses out on medal, finishes fourth in weightlifting event

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finished fourth in the Women’s 49kg Weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday and failed to secure for medal for India.

Roje Stona wins gold in the men’s discus, beating all the favourites! Alekna finishes second and Australia’s Denny Matthew wins Bronze. 

Mirabai clears 111kg clean and jerk in her second attempt to move into provisional third in the women’s 49kg. 

Yui Susaki who lost to Vinesh Phogat in the round of 16 of the women’s 50kg freestyle, beats Ukraine’s Oksana Livach wo win bronze via technical superiority. Both athletes had made it to the bronze medal match after Vinesh’s disqualification. 

Mirabai Chanu fails to surpass the 111kg mark in the women’s 49kg clean and jerk. She was joint-third after the snatch.

Quincy Hall wins gold in the men’s 400m final with a Personal Best timing of 43.40. Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith wins silver 43.44 with an Area Record ahead of Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga who clocked 43.74 for a National Record. 

Jamaica’s Roje Stona registers a throw of 70.00m to break Alekna’s Olympic Record record from fifteen minutes ago. 

Natalia Kaczmarek (POL) wins semifinal 3 with a time of 49.45 ahead of Great Britain’s Amber Anning clocks a PB of 49.47 to finish second. 

Marileidy Paulinho of the Dominican Republic wins semifinal 2 of the women’s 400m semifinal with a time of 49.21. Alexis Holmes of USA qualifies second with 50.00. 

Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain wins semifinal 1 of the Women’s 400m with a season’s best of 49.08. Ireland’s Rhasidat Adekele finishes second with 49.95. 

Mykolas Alekna records a 69.97m throw in his second attempt of the Men’s Discus Throw final, breaking his father Virgilius’s 20-year-old Olympic Record. 

China beats Belgium 3-2 in a shootout after the women’s hockey semifinal ends 1-1. 

Mirabai Chanu’s 88kg lift puts her joint third with Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao after the snatch round. 

Romania’s Valentina Cambei registers a 93kg lift while China’s Zhihui Hou is second with 89kg. 

Mirabai Chanu clears the 88kg mark in her second attempt at the weight and third attempt overall.

Erriyon Knighton of the USA wins the third semifinal with 20.09 ahead of Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia. 

Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba qualify with the fastest times. 

Mirabai Chanu fails in her first attempt at the 88kg snatch. She has one more attempt to go at the snatch. 

Abdulla Aboobacker registers a 16.49m jump in his third attempt at the Men’s Triple Jump qualification round. The Indian currently stands 21st overall.

Praveen Chithravel registers a 16.21m jump in his final jump, less than his best of 16.25. He is currently ranked 26th. 

Letsile Tebogo registers 19.96 to win semifinal 2 of the men’s 200m ahead of 100m champion Noah Lyles (20.08).

Defending 200m champions Andre De Grasse misses out on direct qualification to the final of the 200m semifinal 1. Kenneth Bednarek of USA wins the semi with a time of 20.00 ahead of Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic. 

Mirabai Chanu comfortably completes her first snatch lift of 85kg in the 49kg Women’s Weightlifting final. 

USA’s Rai Benjamin wins semifinal 3 of the 400m hurdles with a time of 47.85. Roshawn Clarke of Jamaica finishes second with 48.34. 

Alison dos Santos of Brazil and Abderrahman Samba of Qatar sneak through with the fastest times. 

Praveen Chithravel registers a distance of 16.25 in his second jump. Abdulla Aboobacker registers a 16.19 jump. They are positioned 6th and 15th respectively in their groups. 

British Virgin Islands athlete Kyron McMaster wins semifinal 2 with a time of 48.15 ahead of Rasmus Hagi of Estonia who finished in 48.16. 

Norway’s Karsten Warholm registers a time of 47.67 to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 400m hurdles final. France’s Clement Ducos finishes second in semifinal 1 to qualify.

Brazil’s Alison dos Santos misses out on direct qualification, finishing third with 47.95.

Abdulla Aboobacker also registers a 15.99m in his first attempt at the Men’s Triple Jump qualification. 

Praveen Chithravel registers a distance of 15.99m in his first jump of the Men’s Triple Jump qualification. 

The direct qualification mark for the event is 17.10m. 

Orlando Bennett of Jamaica registers a personal best of 13.09 to qualify for the final. USA’s Daniel Roberts finishes second with 13.10 and finds a place as well. 

Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment and Japan’s Rachid Muratake make it through as the best third-fourth place finishers. 

Iran’s Alireza Mohmadipiani wins the semifinal bout over Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk, having won the final technical point after a 3-3. 

Bulgaria’s Semen Novikov beats Hungary’s David Losonczi 3-1 in the other semifinal. 

Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell wins semifinal 2 in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.21 ahead of USA’s Freddie Crittenden. 

USA’s Grant Holloway wins semifinal 1 of the Men’s 110m hurdles with a time of 12.98m. Spain’s Llopis Enrique seals the second spot with 13.17.

Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov beats Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov on points in the first semifinal of the Men’s Greco Roman 67kg semifinal. The match finishes 3-3 but Nasibov qualifies having scored the last technical point. 

Iran’s Saeid Leivesi beats Armenia’s Slavik Galstyan 10-4 in the other semifinal. 

Men’s Triple Jump Qualification - Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel

Women’s Weightlifting 49kg final - Mirabai Chanu

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase final - Avinash Sable

Diksha Dagar drops to T7 in the standings after two bogeys in her last two holes. Aditi double bogeys on the 18th hole to drop to T12. 

A goal in the dying seconds of the match takes defending champion Serbia past Greece in the Waterpolo Men’s Quarterfinal.

GRE 11 - 12 SRB 

India’s Anshu Malik will take on USA’s Helen Maroulis in the quarterfinal of the Women’s 57kg. A prospective quarterfinal with Poland’s Lysak and semifinal against number one seed Sakurai. 

Gold - Aleksandra Miroslaw (POL)

Silver - Lijuan Deng (CHN)

Bronze - Aleksandra Kalucka (POL)

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Speed sport climber Miroslaw wins Olympic gold 2 days after breaking world record twice

Miroslaw won the final in 6.10, beating the 6.18 time of silver medalist Deng Lijuan of China. Aleksandra Kalucka of Poland won the bronze.

Diksha Dagar moves to T3 in the Women’s Individual Strokeplay with two under par, behind leaders Celine Boutier (FRA) and Lilia Vu (USA). Aditi Ashok currently placed T13.

- Annu Rani - women’s javelin - finished 29th

- Sarvesh Kushare - men’s high jump - finished tied- 25th

- Jyothi Yarraji - women’s 100m hurdles - finished 7th in her heats, to take part in Repechage round 

22:45 - Athletics - Men’s Triple Jump Qualification -Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel

23:00 - Weightlifting - Women’s 49kg - Mirabai Chanu

01:13 (August 8) - Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final - Avinash Sable

Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist Antim’s hopes of having a shot at fighting for the bronze medal through the repechage round also ended after Yetgil lost (victory by fall) to Germany’s Annika Wendle in the quarterfinals.

The Indian fails to clear the 2.20m height on the third try as well. Kushare is all out of the final. He ended his campaign with a joint 25th position.

The Indian gets distances of 55.81m, 53.22m, and 53.55m in her three attempts. That ranks her 15th out of 16 throwers in Group B. She finished 29th overall.

A timing of 13.16 seconds for the Indian which sees her cross the finish line in seventh place. She will move to the repechage rounds now.

Antim Panghal is blanked by Turkiye’s Zeynep Yetgil who gets a win by technical superiority. 

She will have a chance to make it to the repechage if Yetgil makes the final.

Archana with a massive win for India. She beats Xioana Shan 19-17, 1-11, 11-5, 11-9. India cuts the deficit to 1-2.

Manika loses her match 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 to Annett Kaufmann. India now trails 0-2 to Germany. 

Next up: Archana Kamath vs Xiaona Shan.

Manika Batra will play the next match for India against the 18-year-old Annette Kaufmann.

Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath go down 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 6-11 in the opening match of the best of five tie against Germany.

Sreeja-Akula trail 2-1 after three games against Wan and Shan in the women’s table tennis quarterfinal.

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