Olympics 2024, Day 13 Highlights: India won two medals in the day as Neeraj Chopra clinched a silver in javelin throw final while men's hockey team bagged a bronze in Paris Olympics 2024. Wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost to Japan's Rei Higuchi in the men's 57kg semi-finals. The Indian wrestler lost on technical superiority as his opponent reached to 10-0 within a couple of minutes to the start of the bout. Aman will now play for bronze medal tomorrow (Friday). Before this, the Indian men's hockey team beat Spain 2-1 to clinch a second successive Olympic bronze medal. Later at night, Neeraj Chopra clinched the silver medal with a best throw of 89.45m. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem beat him for gold with a sensational throw of 92.97m. (Olympics 2024 Medal Tally | Schedule, Day 13)
Here are the Highlights from Day 13 of the Paris Olympics 2024:
- 01:45 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024: It's a wrap!Okay, folks! That is it from the 13th day of Paris Olympics. It was a good day for India as hockey men's team clinched a bronze before Neeraj Chopra bagged a silver in javelin throw. Hope you liked our coverage. Do join us at the start of action on Day 14. Goodbye.
- 01:43 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Silver medal for Neeraj Chopra!Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem takes the gold medal with a best throw of 92.97m, India's Neeraj Chopra wins silver with a distance of 89.45m while Grenada's Anderson Peters takes bronze with 88.54m in the final of men's javelin throw in Olympics.
- 01:38 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE: Hockey gold for NetherlandsThe Netherlands beat Germany in a shoot-out to win the men's Olympic hockey gold Thursday, breaking a 24-year drought in what they hope will be the first of a Dutch double. A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany's Thies Prinz. The match went to a shoot-out.
- 00:10 (IST)Paris Olympics Live: First ever gold medal for BotswanaBotswana's Letsile Tebogo upset Noah Lyles' plan for an Olympic sprint double by storming to victory in the 200m in Paris on Thursday. Tebogo clocked an African record of 19.45sec for gold with American Kenny Bednarek taking silver in 19.62sec and Lyles bronze in 19.70sec.
- 21:40 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Wrestling: Aman to be in action soon!We are only 10 minutes away from official time for the start of Aman Sehrawat's semi-final match in the men's 57kg. If he wins this game, he will assure himself of at least a silver medal, while a loss will put him out of top-two contention.
- 21:10 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Wrestling: A big concern for Aman!What might be a matter of trouble for Aman Sehrawat ahead of his men's 57kg semi-finals is the fact that he was routed by his upcoming opponent Rei Higuchi of Japan when the two met in their only bout in the past. The two came up against each other in the final of 2nd Ranking Series - Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial in June 2024.
- 20:27 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Wrestling: All eyes on Aman now!India's Aman Sehrawat will be taking on Japan's Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals of men's freestyle 57kg. The match will kick off at 9:45pm IST. A win will ensure Aman of at least a silver medal while a loss will take him out of the contention for the top two medals.
- 19:21 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Hockey: India win Olympic bronze!!!The Indian hockey team has defeated Spain 2-1 to clinch its second consecutive bronze medal in Olympics. India bounced back from 0-1 to win the game. What a farewell this is for PR Sreejesh, who now calls time on his illustrious career. Follow it all live HERE
- 19:01 (IST)Paris Olympics Live, Athletics: Neeraj to be in action late night!Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men's javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season's best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round in Paris on Tuesday. Much like his qualifying round performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw to occupy the top spot in Group B. All the eyeballs will be on the star performer when he competes in the final, starting 11:55pm IST tonight!
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- 16:19 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Wrestling: Aman one win away from medal!India's Aman Sehrawat beats Albania's Zelimkhan Abakarov to enter men's 57kg wrestling semi-finals. 12-0 win via technical superiority after an unsuccesful challenge from the Albanian. He will take on top-seed Rei Higuchi of Japan for a place in the final. Aman now only one win away from securing a medal for India. The bout will start at 9:45.
- 15:17 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live, Wrestling: Anshu loses R16 bout!Heartbreak for Anshu as she loses to USA's Helen Louis Maroulis 2-7 in the Women's 57kg wrestling event. She will now hope to make it to the repechage round for an opportunity to fight for the bronze, if Helen reaches the final
- 14:01 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live: Hildebrandt on Vinesh's DSQ!"I prepared for chaos, but that was not on my bingo card of chaos. (Vinesh) wasn't at weigh-ins, so I was in my head like, 'Oh my gosh, this might be a possibility.' Then, we get the news that she didn't make weight, and we were under the impression that it was a forfeit. So, there was a lot of celebrating," Hildebrandt was quoted as saying by PTI.
- 13:01 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live: Double heartbreak in wrestling!As the entire India feels heartbroken over Vinesh Phogat's disqualification, India's 53kg wrestler Antim also reportedly struggled to meet her weight for the competition and is said to have starved herself for the last two days to make the cut. This drastic measure, however, likely left her with insufficient energy for her bout. She, hence, suffered a 0-10 defeat in the Round of 16.
- 12:02 (IST)Paris Olympic Games Live: Will Day 13 End India's Barren Run?Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Day 13 of India's campaign at Paris Olympics. It's been a while since India won those three bronze medals in the Olympic Games. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat seemed to have assured India of a silver medal at least as she qualified for the final but weight issue saw her getting disqualified, dropping down last in the standings. On Thursday, India expect two medals - a bronze from the men's hockey team and hopefully a gold from Neeraj Chopra in men's javelin throw final.
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