Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights, Day 10: Injured Nisha Dahiya In Tears After Losing Wrestling Quarter-Final, Avinash Sable In 3000m Final
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 10 Highlights: An injured Nisha Dahiya was left in tears after losing her women's freestyle wrestling 68kg quarter-final match.
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- Updated:August 06, 2024 12:53 am IST
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 10 Highlights: An injured Nisha Dahiya was left in tears after losing her women's freestyle wrestling 68kg quarter-final match. The wrestler looked to be in intense pain for almost half of the bout, with her hand heavily strapped. She was given pain-relief sprays but it did not ease the problem. Avinash Sable has qualified for the final of men's 3000m steeplechase final. Earlier, shuttler Lakshya Sen lost his bronze medal playoff match in the men's badminton singles while Indian shooters Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan too lost to China in the bronze medal play-off in skeet mixed team event. India's women's table tennis team beat Romania 3-2 to make a historic entry into the quarter-finals. In women's 400m Round 1, Kiran Pahal finished 7th in heat 5. (India's Day 10 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Day 10 of the Paris Olympics 2024:
- 00:42 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Athletics: Lyles on the chargeNoah Lyles, fresh from winning Olympic 100m gold, cruised his 200m heat at the Stade de France on Monday to keep his bid for a sprint treble alive.Lyles, who won the 100m in a photo-finish from Jamaican Kishane Thompson in 9.79 seconds, topped his 200m heat in 20.19sec.
- 00:41 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Athletics: Big news from badmintonDenmark's Viktor Axelsen said he "felt like the king of the court" after retaining his Olympic badminton title in front of his country's monarch in Paris on Monday. Backed by a vocal crowd at La Chapelle Arena and watched by Denmark's King Frederik X, Axelsen demolished world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-11, 21-11 in 52 minutes. The lanky Dane became the first man to retain his Olympic men's singles title since Chinese great Lin Dan, who won in 2008 and 2012.
- 23:19 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Athletics: Historic first by SableAvinash Sable created history by becoming the first Indian man to qualify for the men's 3000m steeplechase final at the Paris Olympics here on Monday. Sable finished fifth in his heat with a timing of 8:15.43 minutes to qualify among the top 15 in the event. In steeplechase, there are three heats and the top five from each heat qualify for the final. Sable's heat was won by Moroccan Mohamed Tindouft with personal best timing of 8:10.62 minutes
- 21:45 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Gymnastics: Biles finishes with silverBrazil's Rebeca Andrade beat Simone Biles to floor gold on the final day of the Olympic gymnastics competition on Monday, ending the US gymnastic great's bid for a fourth title at the Paris Games.Biles stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine to take silver after earlier falling off the balance beam. US teammate Jordan Chiles took bronze.
- 21:42 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Badminton: Big first for AxelsenDenmark's Viktor Axelsen retained his Olympic badminton title on Monday by demolishing Thailand's world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in less than an hour in the men's singles final in Paris. Backed by a vocal crowd of Danish fans at La Chapelle Arena, the second-seeded Axelsen surged past his eighth-seeded opponent 21-11, 21-11 in 52 minutes.The lanky Dane became the first man to retain his Olympic men's singles title since Chinese legend Lin Dan, who won in 2008 and 2012.
- 20:35 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya in tears
Nisha Dahiya is crying and she's completely heartbroken.
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) August 5, 2024
- THIS IS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE HER LIKE THIS. pic.twitter.com/Iyy97C4lDS - 20:25 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya loses!The injury gets better of Nisha Dahiya as she loses the bout 8-10. The wrestler is crying. The reason is justified as Nisha was leading 8-2 at one point but due to the injury it became a tough task for her to survive against Sol Gum Pak of South Korea.
- 20:21 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya in huge painNisha Dahiya is having a lot of discomfort in her right hand. She is crying. The physio is checking her at the moment. Maybe giving some spray. Notably, this is the second time in one minute of the game that Nisha is being looked by the physio.
- 19:37 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live: In case you missed it!The Indian men's hockey team's victory against Great Britain earned them the elusive spot in the Olympics semi-finals on Sunday, but the team will play the match with 15 players in the squad, instead of 16. To find out the reason, click here
- 19:18 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Badminton: Lakshya Sen loses!Lakshya Sen has lost his bronze medal playoff match to Malaysia's seventh seed Zii Jia Lee in the deciding game. The Indian won the first game 21-13 but he failed to maintain his dominance and lost the next games 16-21, 11-21. Highlights here
- 19:11 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Wrestling: Nisha wins!!!This is a brilliant comeback from Nisha Dahiya as she bounced back from 1-4 to win the bout 6-4 against Tetiana Sova Rizhko of Ukraine in the Women's Freestyle 68kg Round of 16 bout. The Indian has made it to the quarterfinals with this win.
- 18:29 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Shooting: Mixed skeet eventIndian shooters Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan are playing against China's Jiang Yiting and Lyu Jianlin in the bronze medal play-off in skeet mixed team event. The players have made their way to the venue, the match is set to start soon.
- 18:22 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Badminton: Lakshya Sen wins first game!Lakshya Sen is only one game win away from an Olympic bronze. Lakshya took the first game 21-13 against Malaysia's Zii Jia Lee. To get the live updates in detail and real quick. CLICK HERE
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- 18:00 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live: Wrestling formatWrestling format:If Nisha Dahiya wins vs Tetiana Sova Rizhko (Ukraine) in women's Freestyle 68kg Round of 16, the Indian will play in the quarter-final today itself. If she wins that, the semi-final will be played post midnight.If she loses in any of the rounds, she will hope her winning opponent enters the final so that she qualified for the repechage round for a chance to win the bronze.
- 17:48 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live: Chance of three more medalsIndia have the chance to win three more medals.1. Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan play in the shooting skeet bronze medal match against China2. Lakshya Sen faces Malaysia's Zii Jia Lee in badminton bronze medal playoff3. In wrestling, Nisha Dahiya will be in action in women's 68 kg.
- 16:55 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Shooting: Great ShowThe Indian pair was placed tied second with a score of 49 after the first stage in the qualification, sharing the position with Australia, Korea, France and two Italian teams.Anant Jeet Singh Naruka scored 25/25 in the first round the qualification while Maheshwari Chauhan shot 24/25 to take India's total to 49.In the second round, it was Maheshwari's turn to shoot a perfect 25 but Naruka missed two shots each in the 2nd and 5th series to tally 23, which gave them an aggregate score of 48.In the third round, India got 49 with 25 for Maheshwari and 24 for Naruka.
- 16:54 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Shooting: Another medal loading?Big news coming from the shooting range. The skeet mixed team of Anantjeet Singh and Maheswari Chauhan have entered the bronze medal play-off after finishing fourth in the qualification. They will now face China today in the crucial match at 6:30 PM
- 16:38 (IST)Olympics Day 10 Live, Athletics: 2nd chance for Kiran PahalKiran Pahal has finished in the 7th spot in the women's 400m Round 1 Heat 5 with a timing of 52.51 seconds. She will now move to the repechage round where she will have another chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.
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