Day 13 Updates:
5:55 PM: Skipper Marc Miralles gave Spain a lead over India in the second quarter
5:50 PM: India held on to goalless first quarter against Spain. Both sides put on strong defensive attacks to prevent from conceding a goal.
5:30 PM: The bronze medal match between India and Spain gets underway
4:00 pm: Aman Sehrawat crushes Zelimkhan Abakarov by 12-0 to progress to the semi-final of men’s Freestyle 57 KG bout.
3:19 pm: Aman Sehrawat wins his bout in the Freestyle 57 KG pre-quarterfinal contest, but Anshu Malik loses.
2:30 pm: Jyothi Yarraji finishes 4th in Repechage – Heat 1 of 100m women’s hurdles, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.
1:33 pm: Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok at 4th and 12th, respectively.
Men’s Freestyle 57 Kg Round of 16
Aman Sehrawat defeats North Macedonia’s Vladimir Egorov 10-0 by technical superiority at the #Paris2024Olympics. Don’t forget to tune in as Aman plays his QF later today from 4pm onwards.
Well done, Aman
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12:30 pm: Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok compete in Golf.
India have an excellent chance to add their medal tally when day 13 of the Paris 2024 Olympics gets underway on Thursday (August 8th, 2024). Track and field Neeraj Chopra has an opportunity to win his 2nd consecutive Olympic gold, while the Indian men’s hockey team will lock horns against Spain in a bronze medal fixture the same day.
Neeraj sealed his place in the final of the men’s javelin throw final round with aplomb, registering a season-best throw of 89.34 meters. The 26-year-old has had a meteoric rise since winning gold in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. He also won the biggest prize during the 2023 World Athletics with a throw of 88.17 meters.
In today’s MRF Spotlight –
Indian Hockey team aims for Bronze
Men’s Hockey finals ⚔️
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The image of skipper Harmanpreet Singh being down on his knees was indeed heartbreaking as India squandered a chance of winning gold. However, even a semi-final defeat to Germany hasn’t finished off India’s medal hopes. A bronze medal still remains up for grabs when the Men in Blue faces Spain on Thursday. A bronze medal will be a fitting end to goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, who will retire after this Olympics.