Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights, Day 11: Vinesh Phogat Achieves Historic First, Assured Of At Least Silver
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 11 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat is now the first Indian woman wrestler to enter final at the Olympics
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated:August 07, 2024 12:31 am IST
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 11 Highlights:Â Vinesh Phogat defeated Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba) 5-0 to enter Olympics 2024 women's wrestling 50kg final at the Paris Olympics 2024. With that historic achievement, Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman to enter wrestling final at the Olympics. Vinesh Phogat will play USA's Sarah Ann Hildebrandt in the Olympics 2024 women's wrestling 50kg final on Wednesday. Earlier, Vinesh Phogat stunned world no. 1 and defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan in the Round of 16, before edging out Ukraine Oksana Livach in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra entered the men's javelin throw final after a season best attempt of 89.34m. The Indian men's hockey team lost 2-3 to Germany in the semi-finals. (India's Day 11 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Day 11 of the Paris Olympics 2024:
- 00:17 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Hockey: A Heart-breaking lossIndia lose 2-3 to Germany in the semifinal of the men's hockey of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. It was a dream chance for India to enter the final of the Olympics after 44 years but Germany played spoilsport to that.Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (7th) and Sukhjeet Singh (36th) scored for India, while Gonzalo Peillat (18th), Christopher Ruhr (27th) and Marco Miltkau (54th) were the scorers for Germany. India will now take on Spain in the bronze medal match, while Germany will be up against Netherlands in the final.
- 23:19 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: How the semi-final happennedBoth wrestlers got off to a cautious start but a passivity clock on Lopez meant that Vinesh got on the board with one technical point after the Cuban didn't take a risk.Vinesh was leading 1-0 at the end of the first period.She extended her dominance in the second period with four more points to seal the bout in her favour.
- 23:14 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: Stuff of dreams
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25th Aug 2023 -Vinesh 29th Birthday. We made a promise to get her in best shape for Paris
6th Aug 2024-Vinesh becomes the first Indian female wrestler to reach the final of the Olympics
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Stuff of dreams @OGQ_India pic.twitter.com/g33EiJaYGf - 22:59 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: A historic first!Last year, Vinesh was the face of wrestlers' protest against Brig Bhushan Sharan Singh. She fought in the streets of Delhi for wrestlers' rights. Life has come a full circle for Vinesh. She is the now first Indian woman wrestler who has entered the final in Olympics.
- 22:54 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: Vinesh makes history!There you have it! Vinesh Phogat has comprehensively defeated her Cuban rival to book a berth in the final of the women's 50kg wrestling. She is now the first Indian woman to enter the final of wrestling event at the Olympics.
- 22:23 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: A champion wrestlerVinesh Phogat is a champion not only on the mat but off it too. Last year, she led a massive protest against former Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of harassment.
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... - 22:10 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: An elite listList of Indian Olympics medallists from wrestling:
KD Jadhav (men's 52 kg)Sushil Kumar - Bronze - Men's 66kg wrestling Beijing 2008Sushil Kumar - Silver - Men's 66kg wrestling London 2012Yogeshwar Dutt - Bronze Men's 60kg wrestling London 2012Sakshi Malik - Bronze Women's 58kg wrestling Rio 2016Ravi Kumar Dahiya - Silver Men's 57kg wrestling Tokyo 2020Bajrang Punia - Bronze Men's 65kg wrestling Tokyo 2020 - 21:10 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: Covid cases at the GamesMore than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was still circulating -- and countries need to sharpen up their response systems and get jabbing those most at risk.
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- 20:52 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: Vinesh's boutVinesh Phogat vs Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba) Women's Wrestling Freestyle 50kg Semifinal Match is the 5th match on Mat B at Champ-de-Mars Arena. The 1st match on the match starts at 9:45 PM. So, it is expected that Vinesh's bout will be played sometime around 10:15 PM IST.
- 19:58 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: All to play for in women's hockey semi-finals!The semi-finals of the women's hockey will be played on Wednesday. Netherlands will take on Argentina in the first, while Belgium, following the disappointment of the men's team, face against surprise entrants China in the second. The final and the bronze medal match, meanwhile will be played on Friday.
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- 17:24 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Huge day for Germany in 3x3 Basketball!Germany and Netherlands clinch gold medal in women's and men's 3x3 Basketball, respectively. Spain and France take home the silver. Lithuania take the bronze in women's event, while USA had to settle for the same in the men's event.
- 17:03 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Basketball: Germany stun Greece!Huge upset in men's basketball! Germany reached the Olympic men's basketball semi-finals for the first time Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Greece 76-63 and dumping two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo out of the Games.
- 16:25 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: Vinesh into the semis!Vinesh enters semi-finals of the women's 50kg wrestling event after beating Ukraine's Oksana Livach 7-5. Vinesh took an early 4-0 lead before Livach made a fightback to reduce the deficit. However, Vinesh held on to enter the semis. She is now one win away from confirming a medal for India
- 15:31 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Javelin: Pakistan's Arshad also makes it to the final!Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem with a monstrous throw of 86.59m in his first attempt. He also qualifies for the final. India's Kishore Jena all but out. Neeraj Chopra in the lead in the qualifiers with a season best throw of 89.34, which close to his personal best (89.94)
- 15:10 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Wrestling: Vinesh stuns world champion!What have we just witnessed! Vinesh Phogat stuns defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan to enter the quarterfinals. Vinesh was chasing the match the entire tie after seeing Yui given two points for passivity. However, Vinesh turned the tide in the final seconds to level the match, before receiving an extra point due to technical superiority.