Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, August 10, Day 15: Reetika Hooda loses in quarterfinal; Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar disappoint

We are done for the day. Reetika is out of the repechage round with Blades beating Kyzy Aiperi earlier in the day. The Indians will finish with six medals in this Olympics, of course unless Vinesh Phogat gets a favourable ruling from CAS. Ciao! We’ll see you again for the closing ceremony tomorrow, where Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh will be the proud flagbearers of the Indian contingent.

This is the fourth time France losing the Olympic final against USA including 2021.

Paris 2024 Olympics: USA beats France to clinch gold again, extends domination in Basketball

The men’s basketball team of the United States of America beat France 98-87 in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympics to extend its gold-winning streak at the Olympic Games.

Bakhodir Jalolov beats Ayoub Ghadfa Drissi El Aissaoui 5-0 in men’s +92kg boxing final. 

The Chinese contingent will be over the moon. They have extended their lead at the top of the medals tally as Li Qian brings the gold home with a 4-1 win over Atheyna Bibeichi Bylon. 

Abdumalik Khalokov takes gold in men’s 57kg final, beating Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu 5-0.

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Paris Olympics 2024: US holds off Botswana to win 4x400m relay in record time

The race was of such high quality that fourth-place Belgium and fifth-placed South Africa set national records, and Japan in sixth set an Asian record.

Pranay Rajiv will be covering the action live. Follow the blog.

France vs USA, Men’s Basketball Final Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics: USA beats France 98-87 to win 17th gold medal

France vs USA, Paris 2024: Follow for all Highlights from the men’s basketball final between the USA and France which happened on Sunday.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the only athlete to win the 1500m (Tokyo 2020) and 5000m (Paris 2024) gold in different editions of the Olympics.

Haruka Kitaguchi, the world champion, will add an Olympic gold to her cabinet with a 65.80m throw. That is also her seasonal best effort.

The USA jumper has to stay satisfied with a silver after Kerr manages to clear 2.34 and McEwen doesn’t! Oh, that would definitely hurt.

Will they share the gold medal? I think McEwen wants to go again.

Never in high jump’s history has an athlete been able to defend his title. One between Hamish Kerr and Shelby McEwen will bag gold tonight. Or both, maybe?

Faith Kipyegon shatters the women’s 1500m Olympic record to register a timing of 3:51.29.

Mutaz Essa Barshim still going strong. He clears 2.34 in one go.

The women’s 1500m, last individual track event, begins. This discipline has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896.

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Three strikes for defending champion Gianmarco Tamberi at 2.27. 2.22 will remain his best mark as he stays 11th on the leaderboard.

Wanyonyi Emmanuel will take the 800m final gold with a personal best of 1:41.19! Marco Arop claims silver with an Area Record of 1:41.20. Djamel Sedjati wins bronze (1:41.50).

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United States beats Brazil 1-0 to win women’s soccer gold at Paris 2024 Olympics

Mallory Swanson scored the winner as the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) beat Brazil 1-0 to win its fifth gold medal at the Olympic Games, at the Parc des Princes on Saturday.

Blades Kennedy Alexis beating Medet Kyzy Aiperi means Reetika won’t make the repechage round.

Reetika Hooda eliminated from Paris Olympics, fails to reach wrestling repechage round

Aiperi Medet Kyzy’s 6-8 loss to Kennedy Blades in the semifinals of the women’s 76kg freestyle event sealed Reetika’s fate.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko claims gold in women’s golf. Germany’s Esther Henseleit improves her standing by 11 places to take silver, while Lin Xiyu Janet of China has bronze. 

India’s Aditi Ashok finished T29 and Diksha Dagar will have to settle for T49.

Norway takes women’s handball gold. They crush the host 29-21.

The women’s water polo team of Australia goes down to Spain. 9-11 is the final scoreline.

After the men’s team decimated Sweden yesterday, the country’s women also take the team title. They beat Japan 3-0.

Cao Yuan takes the first place with 547.50 points. Japan’s Tamai Rikuto and Noah Williams of Great Britain round up the top three.

Home favourite Laurin Althea, Turkiye’s Kus Aydin Nafia, Korea’s Lee Dabin and Osipova Svetlana of Uzbekistan will progress further.

Aditi Ashok is currently T28, while Diksha Dagar slips to T49 on Day 4 of the Women’s Individual Stroke Play event. 

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Paris Olympics 2024: Peerless Carrington grabs more gold for NZ, Dostal wins for Czech Republic 

In women’s kayak single 500 metres, Hungary’s Tamara Csipes came second to take the silver medal, with Denmark’s Emma Aastrand Jorgensen picking up the bronze

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Vincent wins gold for Canada in women’s canoe single 200m final

Canada’s Katie Vincent won the gold medal in the women’s canoe single 200-metre final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Saturday.

Host France bags the gold in the men’s volleyball tournament, blanking Poland 3-0 in the final. That’s the 15th gold for the hosts at the 2024 Games. 

Josef Dostal of Czechia wins the gold medal in the Men’s Kayak Single 1000m event. Adam Varga and Balint Kopasz take silver and bronze, respectively, for Hungary. 

Janja Garnbret wins the Women’s Boulder and Lead gold medal, while Brooke Raboutou (USA) and Jessica Pilz (Austria) take silver and bronze, respectively. 

Huanhua Liu of China wins the gold medal in the Men’s Weightlifting 102kg competition. He lifts a total of 406kg. He is followed by Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan, with 404kg, and Yauheni Tsikhantsou (AIN), who lifted 402kg. 

Serbia has beaten Germany 93-83 to claim the bronze medal in the men’s basketball competition. Nikola Jokic was Serbia’s joint-highest scorer with 19 points. 

Reetika loses her quarterfinal bout against Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan after the scores were level at 1-1. Her opponent was, however, declared winner by virtue of scoring the last point. Reetika was leading 1-0 but then conceded a point for passivity. The Indian will have a shot at a medal through the repechage round, provided Kyzy makes it to the final of the event. 

Netherlands edges past the United States 11-10 to take the bronze in the Women’s Water Polo competition. 

Korea blanked Germany 3-0 to win the Women’s Team bronze in Table Tennis. 

Denmarks beats Sweden 30-25 to clinch the bronze in the women’s handball event. 

Reetika Hooda faces Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her quarterfinal bout, which will be held about 30 minutes from now. The bout will be the 11th on Mat B. 

And the Indian has won the bout 12-2 by technical superiority. She is through to the quarterfinal. 

With just under a minute left, Reetika Hooda now leads 10-2. 

Reetika Hooda collects a couple of more points to put herself in a comfortable position. 

Reetika Hooda’s lead is trimmed to 4-2 as the Hungarian wrestler clinches a couple of points. 

The Indian has taken a substantial lead early in the bout. She leads 4-0 currently. 

The Indian is on the mat, and so is her Hungarian opponent. 

The Indian wrestler’s bout is up next, on Mat B. 

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola wins the Men’s Marathon gold with a timing of 2:06.26, followed by Bashir Abdi of Belgium (2:06.47), and Benson Kipruto of Kenya (2:07.00). 

A Court of Arbitration for Sport release has stated a decision on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification will be made at 9:30 PM IST. 

Reetika will be in action in the Women’s Freestyle 76kg event at 2:30 PM IST. She takes on Bernadett Nagy of Hungary. 

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia is in the lead 30 kms into the race. He is followed by Emile Cairess of Great Britain and Deresa Geleta of Ethiopia.