Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, August 8, Day 13: Arshad Nadeem wins javelin gold with Olympic Record, Neeraj Chopra settles for silver; India wins bronze in men’s hockey

USA beats Serbia in the semifinal (95-91) to book a final date against France. 

Neeraj fouls again. Arshad Nadeem becomes the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in Olympics. He tops it up with another 90+ throw. 91.79. Unreal!!

Anderson Peters can’t go past Neeraj. So that means a silver confirmed for the Indian. 

Neeraj struggling to get on the board again. Another foul. Arshad posts a 84.87 throw. 

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own WORLD RECORD in women’s 400m hurdles!! 

50.37 is her timing.

Tara Davis-Woodhall wins the women’s long jump with 7.10. Defending champion Malaika Mihambo claims silver. 

Another disappointing throw for Neeraj Chopra and he steps out of limits. 

Anderson Peters moves up to third with a 88.54. 

Immediately after the men’s 200m race, U.S. officials said Noah Lyles had COVID and a yellow card appeared against his name in the official results.

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Not the greatest throw for Neeraj and he intentionally fouls it. 

‘Just’ 88.72 for Nadeem from his third throw. He is still on the top!

A season’s best 89.45 for Neeraj and he moves up to second. 

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem breaks the Olympic Record. 92.97.

Anderson Peters takes the lead with a massive 87.87. 

Neeraj fails to make a mark with his first throw. His leg touched the foul line on the follow up. 

Lestlie Tebogo wins the men’s 200m final with a timing of 19.46. Noah Lyles gets only a bronze. Kenneth Bednarek wins the silver. 

Bott sides fail to score their first two tries. Brinkman breaks the rut by slotting in a reverse hit. Two more Dutch players convert. Germany can’t catch up as the Dutch wins the shootout 3-1 and secures the gold. 

Jakub Vadlejch up first. And he just manages a throw of 80.15m. Anderson Peterson flings it 84.70. Keshorn Walcott steps it up with a 86.16. 

Germany vs Netherlands ends at 1-1 and the game will move into a penalty shootout. 

Germany is back level. Thies Prinz fires in a PC to make it 1-1. 

Defending Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo has history working against her. 

No woman has ever won consecutive golds in the event. 

Thierry Brinkman scores the opener for Netherlands with an easy tap in. Will that prove to be the winner?

Germany vs Netherlands third quarter begins. Nothing to separate the two sides so far. 

Germany gets a couple of freethrows. But they can convert only one. France wins a couple of FTs of their own and sinks both. Four point lead and France preserves it. The hosts are through to the final. 

France has a three-point lead against Germany in the semifinal with just 10 seconds remaining on the clock. Germany takes a time out. 

It is 0-0 at the end of the first quarter. 

Germany and Spain restart their tussle in the second quarter. 

Germany and Netherlands facing off in the men’s hockey final. First quarter begins with Germany making the early moves. 

Japan’s Rei Higuchi finishes off the bout in no time. He gives Aman no chance as he wins by technical superiority. 

Aman will get another chance in the bronze medal match tomorrow. 

USA wins the fifth set 15-11 to clinch the semifinal against Brazil. It will take on the winner of the Turkey vs Italy game in the final. 

Fifth-seeded wrestler, India’s Aman Sehrawat will take on the number one seed from Japan Rei Higuchi in the semifinal. 

Brazil takes the fourth set against USA to take the semifinal into the fifth set. 

Morocco races to a 2-0 lead against Egypt in the bronze medal match. Soufiane Rahimi and Abde Ezzalzouli the scorers for Morocco. 

USA takes the third set to go 2-1 up against Brazil in the semifinal of women’s volleyball. 

21:45 - Wrestling - Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Aman Sehrawat 

23:55 - Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra

Host France takes on Germany for a spot in the final. The match will begin at 9 PM IST. 

Spain beats the Netherlands in penalties to progress into the women’s water polo final. 

The CAS verdict regarding Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification can be expected by tomorrow, August 9. 

Manu Bhaker, who won bronze twice at the Paris Olympics, was seen pointing to Sreejesh, while watching the match.

The bronze medal match is important for us and country. We need to face a lot of phases to compete in the Olympics. Sometimes the result is not in our favour. It is a big thing for India to win back-to-back matches. It’s very difficult to defend, unfortunately we gave them chances. Our PC defence is among one of the best. We dedicate this Olympic tournament to Sreejesh, who will be bidding his farewell. We hope you’ll support us and this sport.

Both Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok are tied for 13th in women’s golf - Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 2. 

Egypt takes on Morocco in the bronze medal match of men’s football. The match will start at 8:30 PM IST. 

The Indian men’s hockey team wins bronze!!! A few nervous moments at the death but they hold on to beat Spain 2-1. 

Back-to-back medals for India at the Summer Olympics! Two goals from captain Harmanpreet Singh prove to be the difference.

Harmanpreet, Sreejesh shine as India beats Spain 2-1 to win historic bronze at Paris 2024 Olympics

Two goals from captain Harmanpreet Singh and crucial saves by PR Dreejesh were enough for India, which won consecutive medals in hockey at the Olympics for the first time since 1952.

A chance from another PC as the third quarter comes to a close but Harmanpreet’s PC is saved by the keeper, low to his right. 

GOAL!! India review for a PC after a stick check by the Spaniards and the referee awards in its favour. Harmanpreet slots the PC into the bottom left to give India the lead. 

IND 2 - 1 ESP

India’s persistence in the second quarter pays off. It defended two PCs successfully before converting one 14 seconds from the hooter.

India is level 1-1. Harmanpreet Singh makes no mistake from this penalty corner. 

India gets its first penalty corner in the last two minutes of the first half. Amit Rohidas takes the drag flick but sees the ball cleared off the line.

Spain gets a lead courtesy of a penalty stroke. Marc Miralles fires the ball into the top left corner. Sreejesh had the direction right but could not stop the shot.

The deadlock cannot be broken in the opening period. India has had to deal with the physicality of the Spanish side. No penalty corners for either side so far.

The first quarter in the bronze medal match is underway.

Sreejesh PR, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh.

Aman Sehrawat is through to the semifinals. He completes another win by technical superiority.

Aman gets the first point due to passivity from the Albanian. He then gets a takedown to make it 3-0 at the end of the first period.

Aman Sehrawat faces Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov in the men’s 57kg quarterfinal.

The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist proves a touch too much for the Indian. Anshu was able to get two points in the final minute of the bout but she the deficit was too much to climb out of.

Anshu now can go to the repechage round if Helen reaches the final.

A single takedown by the American with a single-leg hold is the only scoring move of the first three minutes.

India’s Anshu Malik is taking on USA’s Helen Louise Maroulis in the round of 16 in women’s 57kg.

A technical superiority win for Aman Sehrawat. He gets the win with two minutes still left in the bout.

Nearing a techincal superiority win. Aman completes another takedown from behind to get two more points.

Aman got the first two points with a single-leg hold. He then got a reversal in twice to go 4-0 ahead. A passivity warning for Egorov led to the Indian going 5-0 ahead. The final point came when Aman pushed Egorov out of bounds.

Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat will take on Vladimir Egorov of North Macedonia in Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final. The bouts for this category will start at 2:30 PM.

Jyothi Yarraji finished fourth in her 100m hurdles repechage heat with a time of 13.17.

Marione Fourie of South Africa and Maayke Tjin-A-Lim Netherlands advanced to the semifinal after finishing first and second.

Jyothi Yarraji is looking for a place in the semifinal of the women’s 100m hurdles as she competes in heat 1 of the repechage round.

She is in lane 8.

Standings after the first event (100m Hurdles):

First- Annik Kaelin (Switzerland) - 1144

Second- Taliyah Brooks (USA) - 1124

Third- Noor Vidts (Germany) - 1109

As the players enter round two of the competition, Diksha Dagar is in the T4 position after hitting two under par.

Aditi Ashok is on par and in the T13 position 

12:30 - Golf - Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 2 - Diksha Dagar, Aditi Ashok

14:05 - Athletics - Women’s 100m Hurdles Repechage Round - Jyothi Yarraji

14:30 - Wrestling - Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final - Aman Sehrawat

Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/4 Final - Aman Sehrawat (Subject to qualification)

14:30 - Wrestling - Women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final - Anshu Malik

Women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/4 Final - Anshu Malik (Subject to qualification)

17:30 - Hockey - Men’s Bronze Medal Match - India vs Spain

21:45 - Wrestling - Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Aman Sehrawat (Subject to qualification)

Women’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Anshu Malik (Subject to qualification)

23:55 - Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 13 of the Paris 2024 Olympics.