Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Updates: Vinesh Phogat fighting for medal after shaking up the world
Vinesh Phogat stunned Olympic champion Yui Susaki and then won her quarterfinal bout as well in women’s 50kg wrestling. She is now one win away from confirming her first Olympic medal.
Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men’s javelin final with a monster throw of 89.34m in his first attempt.
Vinesh Phogat, looking for her first medal in her third Olympic appearance, started off in extraordinary fashion, stunning defending champion and the seemingly inconquerable Yui Susaki of Japan to go through to the women’s 50kg quarterfinal. She then went on to win her quarterfinal bout as well and is now just one win away from confirming at least a silver medal for herself. Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra started his gold medal defence by qualifying for the final in men’s javelin with a monster throw of 89.34m in his first attempt itself. Earlier, Meanwhile, the men’s table tennis team lost to China in the pre-quarterfinal.
Vinesh now faces 2018 world championship bronze medallist Oksana Livach of Ukraine in the quarterfinal. Vinesh was the medal contender at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 for India. Her campaign in 2016 came to an end due to a career-threatening injury during the tournament while she missed out on a medal in Tokyo and later revealed that she was managing another injury during the tournament.
Day 10 turned out to be a rollercoaster of emotions for India with athletes from the country finishing in fourth places in two different events. Badminton star Lakshya Sen, looking to become the first Indian man to win a singles medal at the Olympics and the third from his country to do so overall, got off to a good start but ultimately lost 21-13 16-21 11-21 defeat against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia. In shooting, Maheshwari Singh, Anant Jeet Singh reached the bronze medal match of mixed skeet, but lost in the medal encounter.
In table tennis, India managed to seal a 3-2 win vs Romania in the team round of 16 and booked a quarter-final berth. In athletics, Kiran Pahal finished in seventh position in her Round 1 heat of women’s 400m, and into the repechage stage. Meanwhile, Avinash Sable bagged fifth spot in men’s 3000m steeplechase Round 1 Heat 2, and is through to the final. Nisha Dahiya was left extremely disappointed in wrestling, losing to North Korea’s Pak Sol Gum in the quarters. She sustained a shoulder injury and is also out of repechage, which was confirmed after Pak’s semi-final defeat.
PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 DAY 11 SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES IN IST):
Hockey
Men’s semi-final: India vs Germany — 10.30pm.
Wrestling
Women’s 50kg semi-final: Vinesh Phogat vs Yusneylys Guzman – after 9.45pm
RESULTS-
Table Tennis
India lose 0-3 to China in men’s team pre-quarterfinal
Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat beats Yui Susaki in women’s 50kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal
Athletics
Kishore Jena finishes in ninth position in his men’s javelin throw qualification
Kiran Pahal finishes sixth and last in women’s 400m repechage heat 1, fails to qualify for semi-finals
Neeraj Chopra through to men’s javelin final with throw of 89.34m