CHENNAI: What a day it has been for the Indian contingents, started off with Neeraj Chopra qualifying to the finals and wrestler Vinesh Phogat qualifying to the finals both of whom wnow has a chance to win a gold for India.
India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra has qualified to the finals of the men’s javelin throw in his first attempt with a mammoth 89.34m. With the season-best throw, he has now entered the finals.
Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 5-0 in the women's freestyle 50kg semi-final and creates history by becoming the first Indian women wrestler to enter an Olympic final.
Meanwhile, Kishore Jena finished in the 9th place in the qualification round for the Group B Javelin event.
It was a miss for India's table tennis players Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar who lost to the Chinese team straight down 3-0, today.
Indian hockey team would be devastated after a lose like that against Germany in the semi-finals. They went down 2-3 against them in a match that went down the wire till the last second.
On the other hand, Indian athlete Kiran Pahal finished 6th in the women's 400m repechage heat round.
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India's Harmeet Desai and Manav Vikash Thakkar is up against Long Ma and Chuqin Wang in Match 1
Sharath Kamal will be playing against China's Zhendong Fan in Match 2
Manav Vikash Thakkar is up against Chuqin Wang in Match 3.
India's Harmeet Desai and Manav Vikash Thakkar is up against Long Ma and Chuqin Wang in Match 1
At the halfway mark in Game 1, China takes the lead.
China dominates Game 1, securing a easy victory against India
Chinese team continues their winning streak, taking Game 2 against India with their excellent performance
IND 3 - 11 CHN
Chinese players Chuqin Wang and Long Ma are off to a flying start against Harmeet and Vikash , taking Match 1 with ease!
IND 7 -11 CHN
MATCH GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3
CHN * Chuqin/Long 3 11 11 11
IND* Harmeet/Vikash 0 2 3 7
Kishore Jena throws 80.73 on his first attempt. Two more to go.
Stands at second place after Germany's Julian Weber.
Each athlete need a throw of 84.00 to qualify for finals.
Sharath Kamal is up against China's Zhendong Fan in Match 2
Sharath shares equal points with his opponent Zhendong in halfway mark in Game 1
Sharath 6 - 6 Zhendong
After a close battle, Sharath Kamal takes the game 1 against China's Zhendong .
Sharath 11 - 9 Zhendong
Kishore Jena ends up with a foul throw in his second attempt.
First attempt - 80.73
Second attempt - X
After winning in the Game 1, Sharath kamal loses to China's Zhendong Fan in Game 2
Sharath 7 - 11 Zhendong
China's Zhendong Fan leads in the Game 3 against Sharath
Sharath 5 - 7 Zhendong
China's Zhendong continues his winning streak and wins the Game 3 against Sharath
Sharath 7 - 11 Zhendong
Kishore Jena throws 80.21 in his third attempt.
If he stays in top 12 till the end of qualification round, he will enter into finals.
China's Zhendong wins the Game 4 comfortably against Sharath Kamal
Sharath 5 -11 Zhendong
MATCH GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4
IND * Sharath Kamal 1 11 7 7 5
CHN * Zhendong Fan 3 9 11 11 11
Manav Vikash Thakkar is up against China's Chuqin Wang in Match 3.
Kishore Jena finishes at 9th place with his best throw of 80.73.
He enters into the next round.
China's Chuqin wins the game 1 against Manav in a nail-batting clash.
Manav 9 - 11 Chuqin
China's Chuqin leads in the game 2 against Manav
Manav 6 - 9 Chuqin
China's Chuqin leads in the game 2 against Manav
Manav 6 - 9 Chuqin
Manav fails short again as Chuqin claims a second consecutive victory
Manav 6 - 11 Chuqin
Indian athlete finishes at 6th place in 400m repechage round.
Indian team failed to enter quarter-final. They loses against Chinese team 3 -0 in the round of 16 match.
India's Vinesh Phogat enters into quarter-final match after defeating Japan's Yui Susaki in 1/8 round match
The reigning Olympic Champion Susaki never lost a point in her run to the Olympics gold in 2020 and moreover has the record of never losing a bout in international competition
Neeraj you beauty. The golden boy Neeraj Chopra qualified to the final with a mammoth 89.34m in his first attempt
India's Vinesh Phogat will face Oksana Livach of Ukraine in quarter-final match, enters into quarter-final match by defeating Yui Susaki in 1/8 round.
Grenada's Anderson Peters makes a distance of 88.63m to become the third to secure direct qualification.
Vinesh Phogat starts off well against Ukraine’s Oksana Livach, who is seeded eighth in the competition.
With just two minutes to go Vinesh Phogat is defending very well and leads 4-0 against her Ukrainian opponent
Vinesh Phogat defeats Ukraine's Livach 7-5 to enter into the semi-finals.
Vinesh has defeated the World Number one earlier today and world number eight now
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will face Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman in the semifinal match at 10:15 pm
Credits: X
Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra will be in action on 8th August.
Credits: Olympics.com
Indian women's team will face Germany in the Quarter-final.
Indian paddlers Sreeja Akula, Archana Girish Kamath and Manika Batra will be in action tomorrow.
Chinese Yufei Zhang is the top medallist in the Paris Olympics 2024 with 6 medals.
Credits: Olympics.com
Chinese Yufei Zhang is the top medallist in the Paris Olympics 2024 with 6 medals.
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It was in 1928 that Indian hockey won its first Olympic gold and the nation’s dominance was evident with triumphs in 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980 Olympics before the national game went into shell.
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Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will face Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman in the semi-final match at 10:15 pm.
Indian hockey team is up against Germany at 10:30 pm.
If India wins the match, they will compete for Gold against Netherlands on 8th of August.
If India loses the match, they will compete for Bronze against Spain on 8th of August.
Vinesh Phogat defeated Yui Susaki and Osana Livach to feature in her maiden semi-final bout in wrestling
Vinesh Phogat enters the finals defeating Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman 5-0
Vinesh enters the gold medal match
Gonzalo Peillat scores for Germany and helps level 1-1 just within few minutes of the second quarter
Christopher scores for Germany in the penalty stroke. He didn't even wait one second before he heard the whistle and scored to the right side of Sreejesh who didn't have any time to react.
It was looking like Germany had it in the bag until Sanjay went behind Sreejesh and saved a blinder!!!!
Marco scored for Germany and gives them much needed lead with just 6 minutes left in the game
Sreejesh taken off the field to get another player in the field
