Gold medallist Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece celebrates after winning.
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PARIS GAMES | India's schedule on Day 11
Table tennis
Men's Team (Pre-quarterfinal): India (Harmeet Desai, Sharath Kamal and Manav Thakkar) vs China -- 1.30 pm
Athletics
Men's Javelin Throw (Qualification): Kishore Jena -- 1.50 pm
Men's Javelin Throw (Qualification): Neeraj Chopra -- 3.20 pm
Women's 400m (Repechage): Kiran Pahal -- 2.50 pm
Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat (50kg) vs Japan's Yui Susaki in prequarters -- 2.30 pm.
Vinesh Phogat (50 kg) vs Oksana Livach in quarters -- 3.40 pm.
Vinesh Phogat (50 kg) vs Yusneylys Guzmá -- 10.13 pm
Hockey
Men's semi-final: India vs Germany -- 10.30 pm
ATHLETICS | All eyes on Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra, India’s one and only elite world-class athlete, will offer a first taste of his form and fitness as he gears up for a successful defence of his Olympic javelin throw gold with a smooth performance in the qualifications at the Stade de France here on Tuesday.
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Day 11 of Paris Olympic Games 2024
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SURFING | France's Kauli Vaast clinched gold in front of home crowd as Australia's Jack Robinson wins silver in men's surfing
SURFING | USA's Caroline Marks defeated Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb to win gold in the women's surfing event
TABLE TENNIS | India's Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar face uphill task as they face defending champions China in men's team event
TABLE TENNIS | Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar face China's Ma Long and Wang Chuqin in opening doubles
TABLE TENNIS | China's Ma Long and Wang Chuqin take first game 11-2 in opening doubles
TABLE TENNIS | Ma Long, Wang Chuqin win second game 11-3, lead 2-0 in opening doubles
ATHLETICS | India's Kishore Kumar Jena begin Paris campaign in Men's Javelin Throw Qualifications Group A
TABLE TENNIS | Desai, Thakkar lose opening doubles 3-0 to China's Ma Long and Wang Chuqin
ATHLETICS | Kishore Kumar Jena hits 80.73 metres in first attempt in javelin throw qualifications
TABLE TENNIS | India's Sharath Kamal squares off against singles gold medalist Fan Zhendong in match 2
TABLE TENNIS | Sharath Kamal bags first game 11-9 against Fan Zhendong in match 2
ATHLETICS | Kishore Jena makes a foul throw in second attempt
TABLE TENNIS | Fan Zhendong takes second game 11-7 against Sharath Kamal
ATHLETICS | Kishore Kumar Jena hits 80.21 metres in final attempt in men's javelin throw qualifications
TABLE TENNIS | Fan Zhendong wins third game 11-7, lead 2-1 against Sharath Kamal in match 2
TABLE TENNIS | Fan Zhendong defeats Sharath Kamal 3-1 in match 2, China lead tie 2-0 against India
TABLE TENNIS | Manav Thakkar faces Wang Chuqin in match 3 of men's team prequarters
ATHLETICS | Kishore Kumar Jena finishes 9th in men's javelin throw qualifiers
TABLE TENNIS | Wang Chuqin take first game 11-9 against Manav Thakkar in match 3
TABLE TENNIS | Wang Chuqin wins second game 11-6 against Thakkar, lead 2-0 in match 3
WRESTLING | India's Vinesh Phogat in action against Japan's Susaki Yui in women's freestyle 50 kg
TABLE TENNIS | India eliminated by China in pre-quarters of men's team event
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Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal showed resistance but India suffered a 0-3 loss to mighty China in the pre-quarterfinals, which also ended their campaign in the men’s table tennis team event at the Paris Olympics here on Tuesday.
Indian duo of Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar lost the opening doubles match 2-11 3-11 7-11 to the Chinese pair of Ma Long and Chuqin Wang.
Playing Olympic champion Fan Zhendong in the first singles, Sharath took the first game 11-9 with a superlative display.
But the Chinese regrouped to outwit the Indian 11-7 11-7 11-5 in the next three games as India fell 0-2 behind in the tie.
The 24-year-old Manav then played the second singles but found the going tough against Chuqin, losing 9-11 6-11 9-11.
On Monday, the Indian women's team comprising Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamat, prevailed over higher-ranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie to enter the quarterfinals. (PTI)
WRESTLING | Vinesh Phogat stuns reigning champ Susaki 3-2 to progress to quarters
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Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat shocked four-time world champion and reigning gold-medallist Yui Susaki of Japan on points to enter the quarter-final of the 50kg event at the Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
Trailing 0-2 after conceding penalty points for passivity, the Indian wrestler came back brilliantly in the last five seconds to take down the top seed by clinching three points to win 3-2.
Vinesh had failed to win a medal in her two previous Olympic appearances. (PTI)
ATHELTICS | Neeraj Chopra in action in javelin throw qualifiers
ATHLETICS | Neeraj Chopra manages a monster throw of 89.34m in first attempt
ATHLETICS | Neeraj Chopra storms into final of javelin throw
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Defending champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season's best effort of 89.34m here on Tuesday.
Much like his performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw itself.
The other Indian in fray, Kishore Jena, is unlikely to make the 12-man final after managing a best throw of 80.73m.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, also qualified for the finals with a throw of 86.59m. (PTI)
ATHLETICS | India's Kiran Pahal finishes last in repechage round of 400m; eliminated
EQUESTRIAN | Germany's Kukuk wins showjumping gold
Germany's Christian Kukuk won Olympic gold in individual showjumping with his grey Checker 47 on Tuesday after a flawless ride in the final jump-off between the three best riders.
Switzerland's Steve Guerdat claimed silver on Dynamix de Belheme, while the Netherlands' Maikel van der Vleuten took bronze with Beauville Z. (Reuters)
Paris restaurant apologies to Serena Williams, says was fully booked
A luxury Parisian hotel has apologised to tennis great Serena Williams after she complained, in a social media post seen by millions, that she and her family were turned away from its restaurant on Monday.
"Yikes @peninsulaparis I've been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids. Always a first," Williams said on X.
Williams, a four-times Olympic gold medallist, was one of the Olympic flame's torchbearers during the Paris Games' opening ceremony. She is also among celebrities who have come out to see US gymnastics star Simone Biles compete in the Games.
Her post was seen by more than 4 million viewers.
The Peninsula Paris, a five-star hotel whose gourmet restaurant offers a view of the Eiffel tower, swiftly responded: "Dear Mrs. Williams, Please accept our deepest apologies for the disappointment you encountered tonight. Unfortunately, our rooftop bar was indeed fully booked and the only unoccupied tables you saw belonged to our gourmet restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was fully reserved."
A second message followed, saying: "We have always been honored to welcome you and will always be to welcome you again." (Reuters)
WRESTLING | Vinesh Phogat in action against Ukraine's Oksana Livach in quarter-final clash
WRESTLING | Vinesh Phogat takes early 2-0 lead over Ukraine's Livach in QF clash
WRESTLING | Vinesh builds on strong start, leading 4-0 against Ukraine's Livach
WRESTLING | Vinesh leading Livach 5-4 with less than a minute left to play
WRESTLING | Vinesh now leading Livach 7-4 with 14 seconds left on the clock
WRESTLING | Dominant Vinesh bests Livach, heads to wrestling semi-finals
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Seasoned Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat entered her maiden Olympic semifinals in the 50kg category, beating Ukraine's Oksana Livach in the last-eight stage here on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Vinesh defeated Livach 7-5 in a hard-fought bout to get closer to an elusive Olympic medal in her third attempt.
This was after she caused the biggest wrestling upset in this games when she shocked four-time world champion and reigning gold-medallist Yui Susaki of Japan on points to enter the quarter-finals.
Trailing 0-2 after conceding penalty points for passivity, the Indian wrestler came back brilliantly in the last five seconds to take down the top seed by clinching three points to win 3-2.
Vinesh had failed to win a medal in her two previous Olympic appearances. (PTI)
SWIMMING | Marathon familiarisation day cancelled over Seine water quality
The marathon swimming familiarisation session scheduled for Tuesday in the river Seine has been cancelled because of water pollution concerns, the international federation said.
"After the daily situation meeting this morning between Ville de Paris, Paris 2024 and World Aquatics, it has been decided that the familiarisation session to take place today, 6 August 2024, is cancelled," World Aquatics said in a statement.
While the E. Coli bacteria levels were within the acceptable threshold, the levels of another bacteria, Enterococci, were not.
"The water quality review showed E. coli levels ranged from 326 to 517 (considered "very good" to "good") at the four collection points taken on 5 August between 5:00 and 6:00 am," World Aquatics added. (Reuters)
Boxing needs new global body to get into LA Games, says IOC
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) would love to have boxing at the Los Angeles 2028 Games but first needs to see the creation of a new global governing body for the sport, it said on Tuesday.
The IOC stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance, and the Olympic body has not included the sport on the LA 2028 programme yet.
"We would love to see boxing, we want to see boxing on the programme in LA. Now it is up to the boxing community to organise themselves for the sport and for the athletes," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference.
A new organisation called World Boxing was launched in 2023 and currently has 37 members, still far fewer than the IBA, but is not recognised by the IOC.
Adams was speaking a day after a shambolic IBA press conference in Paris where the organisation's President Umar Kremlev, a Russian, attacked the IOC in a long and rambling presentation. (Reuters)
BASKETBALL | Germany beat Greece to be the first through to semi-finals
Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and become the first team through to the semi-finals of the Paris Olympic men's basketball tournament.
Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroder chipped in with 13 as the World Cup champions improved their record to 4-0.
Two-times NBA most valuable player Giannis Antetokounmpo had a game high 22 in a losing cause for Greece. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Germany's Mihambo faces challenge to keep long-jump gold
United States long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall had a solid start to her campaign to unseat Germany's defending Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo at the Paris Games, winning qualifiers on Tuesday and setting up a fierce competition in the final.
Mihambo fouled on her first two tries but delivered a 6.86 on her last, putting her just behind Italy's Larissa Iapichino for third place. Mihambo has the world lead, sealing her comeback from last year's hamstring injury by jumping 7.22 metres in June.
Davis-Woodhall, whose best this year is 7.18, showed she would put up a fight. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Kishore Jena eliminated in javelin throw qualifiers
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With a best attempt of 80.73m, Kishore finished 18th overall, out of 32 athletes. The qualification mark was 84.0m, and the top 12 athletes qualified.
Photos from Day 11 of the Paris Games
Dennis Schroder of Germany celebrates after scoring a three-point basket.
Lauriane Nolot of France in action.
Yonkaira Paola Pena Isabel of the Dominican Republic, Rosamaria Montibeller of Brazil and Ana Carolina da Silva of Brazil in action.
Peng Wu of China in action.
Alina Grijseels of Germany in action with Meline Nocandy of France.
Pili Pena of Spain in action against Kindred Paul of Canada.
CANOEING | 'GOAT in the boat' Carrington wins again as sprint event kicks off
New Zealand's five-time Olympic champion Lisa Carrington got off to another winning start as the canoe sprint events got underway at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Tuesday, coming first in both the two- and four-person kayak heats.
Known back home as "the GOAT (greatest of all time) in the boat", Carrington first led her four-woman crew to victory in the first 500-metre kayak heat before winning the kayak double heat a couple of hours later. (Reuters)
World Boxing expects membership boost after Paris Games
World Boxing expects more countries to switch allegiance and sign up after a Paris Olympic tournament overshadowed by a power struggle for control of the sport and a gender row in the women's ring.
The Swiss-registered body, created in April last year, has so far attracted 37 members from five continents compared to around 200 claimed by the International Boxing Association (IBA).
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped the IBA of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance, and boxing has yet to be confirmed on the 2028 programme.
A shambolic IBA press conference on Monday featured the remote participation of its Russian leader Umar Kremlev making personal attacks against IOC president Thomas Bach. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | American coach Reider's accreditation withdrawn by Canadian federation
American Rana Reider, coach of former Olympic champions Andre De Grasse of Canada and Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, has been stripped of his Paris Games accreditation by Canada's Olympic Committee (COC) amid allegations of sexual and emotional abuse.
The COC said on Tuesday "new information" had come to light about the appropriateness of accrediting Reider, who had been investigated for sexual misconduct by the US Center for Safe Sport. He was put on a one-year probation which ended in May. (Reuters)
CLIMBING | Defending champ Garnbret easily tops boulder semi-finals
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Fans came to watch the queen of sport climbing perform her magic at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and Slovenia's Janja Garnbret did not disappoint as she finished top of the women's boulder semi-finals in style.
Virtually unbeaten on the world circuit, the 25-year-old has been the face of sport climbing for years with eight World Championship titles and a gold from Tokyo 2020, where the sport made its Olympic debut.
The packed stands at the sun-filled Le Bourget venue exploded into cheers and applause when the defending Olympic champion was called on to the stage as "the one and only".
She casually topped the first of the four boulders on her first attempt.
VOLLEYBALL | Turkey edge China to reach first semi-final, Brazil also through
European champions Turkey reached the semi-finals of the Olympic women's volleyball for the first time when they beat China 3-2 on Tuesday in a see-saw encounter that went down to the wire.
The contest was a rematch of last year's Volleyball Nations League final where Turkey beat China to claim their first title and the end result was once again the same despite injuries on the Turkish team.
Brazil, meanwhile, beat the Dominican Republic in straight sets to seal their place in the semi-finals where they will face either the United States or Poland. (Reuters)
HOCKEY | Netherlands destroy Spain 4-0 to reach men's final
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Top-ranked Netherlands reached the men's hockey final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday with a much more comfortable 4-0 win over Spain than in the pool stage when they had to fight back from two goals down.
Cheers erupted from the sea of orange blanketing the crowd just before the final whistle as Dutch fans showed up in force.
They will play in their first Olympic final since London 2012 as they bid to end a 24-year gold medal drought. (Reuters)
DIVING | China's Quan wins gold in women's 10m platform
China's Quan Hongchan won the women's 10-metre platform event on Tuesday, bagging the country's fifth diving gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Quan retained her Tokyo title on 425.60 points from teammate Chen Yuxi who again won silver. North Korea's Kim Mi Rae took the bronze. (Reuters)
SAILING | Dinghy medal races pushed back to Wednesday with breeze in flux
The men's and women's dinghy Olympic medal races were postponed to Wednesday, with officials eventually deciding there was not enough wind for them to proceed, after sailors in both events had waited for hours for the breeze to stabilise.
Gold and silver in the women's event had been effectively wrapped up by Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands and Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark on Monday, with only the bronze medal still to be decided.
In the men's dinghy, Australian Matt Wearn and Cypriot Pavlos Kontides are set for a potential head-to-head tactical 'match race' for Olympic gold. (Reuters)
'Hypocritical double standards': Chinese anti-doping agency slams US counterpart over Knighton drug test
China's anti-doping agency (CHINADA) accused its American counterpart on Tuesday of 'hypocritical double standards' in response to the positive tests of Chinese athletes and US sprinter Erriyon Knighton.
Travis Tygart, head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), has been outspoken about the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics but were allowed to compete.
The swimmers escaped punishment after an investigation by Chinese authorities ruled the adverse analytical findings were the result of unwitting food contamination.
World silver medallist Knighton tested for the banned substance trenbolone this year but was not suspended for the Paris Games after an arbitrator found the result was likely caused by contaminated meat.
"USADA has shown a typical double standard by trying its best to clear American athletes on one hand, but on the other hand accusing CHINADA and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of 'covering up the truth'," CHINADA said in a statement on its website. (Reuters)
WRESTLING | Vinesh Phogat to face Cuba's Yusneylys Guzmán soon in women's 50 kg semi-final clash
HOCKEY | India vs Germany semi-final clash to begin at 10.30 pm
WRESTLING | Vinesh takes on Cuba's Guzman in women's 50 kg wrestling semi-final clash
WRESTLING | Vinesh leading 1-0 against Guzman with 3 minutes left to play
WRESTLING | Vinesh leading 5-0 against Guzman with a minute left to play
WRESTLING | Unstoppable Vinesh Phogat storms into wrestling final
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Vinesh Phogat (50kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympic Games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez here on Tuesday.
With this win in the semifinal, Vinesh guaranteed herself at least a silver medal.
Both 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.
Earlier, Vinesh entered the semifinals on the back of two incredible wins, against reigning Olympic champion Yui Susaki of Japan and Ukraine's eighth seed Oksana Livach on a memorable day for the combative Indian grappler.
She faced a quarter-final exit in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions. (PTI)
HOCKEY | India leading Germany 1-0 in men's semi-final clash
HOCKEY | Germany hits back, equalises against India; score now 1-1
HOCKEY | Germany take 2-1 lead with minutes left for half-time
HOCKEY | India trail Germany 1-2 at half-time in semi-final clash
CYCLING | Dutch men break team sprint world record
The Netherlands set a new world record in the men's team sprint as they set up a gold-medal showdown against Britain later on Tuesday at the National Velodrome.
Roy van der Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland rocketed around three-lap race in 41.191 seconds -- beating their previous world best of 41.225.
Britain's trio of Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin also impressed in their first-round heat with a time of 41.819.
Australia and France will contest the bronze medal. (Reuters)
SKATEBOARDING | Australia's Trew takes gold medal in women's park
Arisa Trew delivered a technical masterpiece in her final run at the Paris Games on Tuesday to grab gold in women's park as the 14-year-old became the first Australian woman to win an Olympic skateboarding medal.
Trew saved her best for last, delivering a gutsy and precise performance on her third and final run and was rewarded with a huge score of 93.18 on a sun-soaked day at La Concorde. (Reuters)
HOCKEY | India scores to level game against Germany; scores now 2-2 in 3rd quarter
CYCLING | Netherlands win gold in men's team sprint
The Netherlands won the gold medal in the Olympic track cycling men's team sprint on Tuesday, beating Britain in the final.
Australia beat France to claim the bronze medal. (Reuters)
HOCKEY| Indian hockey team loses 2-3 to Germany, will face Spain in bronze medal playoff
FOOTBALL | US reach first Olympic final in 12 years with 1-0 extra-time win over Germany
Sophia Smith scored an extra-time winner as the United States reached the Olympic women's football final with a 1-0 victory over Germany in a tight encounter in Lyon on Tuesday to edge closer to a fifth Olympic gold medal.
The U.S., eyeing their first title at the Games since 2012, will face the winners of the second semi between Spain and Brazil later on Tuesday in the decider at Parc des Princes on Saturday.
In a match low on quality in front of goal, Smith scored five minutes into extra time to earn the U.S., playing a record seventh Olympic semi-final, victory over 2016 champions Germany, whom they had already beaten 4-1 in the group stage.
Smith chipped the ball over the on rushing German keeper Ann-Katrin Berger after a through ball from Mallory Swanson.
Germany dominated possession after the break in extra time but lacked clear-cut chances to equalise, and will play for the bronze medal in Lyon again on Friday. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Canada's Rogers wins women's hammer gold
Canada's Camryn Rogers won the gold medal in the Olympic women's hammer throw on Tuesday.
Annette Echikunwoke of the United States took silver and China's Zhao Jie claimed bronze. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Greek Tentoglou wins men's long jump gold
Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal in the men's long jump on Tuesday.
Jamaican Wayne Pinnock took silver and Italy's Mattia Furlani claimed bronze. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Bahrain's Yavi strikes late to win steeplechase gold
Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal on Tuesday, dethroning Uganda's Peruth Chemutai who had to settle for silver.
Yavi jumped for joy after crossing the line, having overtaken Chemutai with an explosive final sprint that left the Ugandan who had led most of the race unable to respond.
Chemutai was in shock after Yavi, 24, stole the finish to add the Olympic title to last year's world championship, setting an Olympic record time of 8 minutes 52.76 seconds.
"This is like a dream come true. It's something special," Yavi told reporters. "It means a lot to me and also to the country."
Kenyan 20-year-old Faith Cherotich, ranked third in the world, claimed bronze on her Olympic debut.
Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech took an early lead and was shoulder-to-shoulder with Chemutai but faded in the last lap and ended sixth, while France's Alice Finot celebrated her fourth-place finish in a very fast race.
Chepkoech, 33, holds the world record of 8:44.32 but has never won an Olympic medal in the event. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS |American Thomas wins women's 200m gold medal
American Gabby Thomas finally claimed the global title she has promised for so long when she delivered a dominant performance to take Olympic 200 metres gold on Tuesday, denying silver medallist Julien Alfred a sprint double.
Thomas, 27, took bronze in Tokyo and silver in last year’s world championships, but she was in control throughout the final, coming home in 21.83 seconds.
Alfred, who claimed Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal when she won the 100m on Saturday, was a clear second in 22.08, with Brittany Brown taking bronze for the US in 20.20. (Reuters)