Olympics Highlights | PM Modi congratulates Neeraj Chopra on Olympic silver

Here's India's schedule for Day 13

• Golf - Women's Individual: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar -- 12:30pm

• Athletics - Women's 100m hurdles Repechage Round: Jyothi Yarraji -- 2:05 pm

  Men's javelin throw final: Neeraj Chopra -- 11:55 pm

• Wrestling - Men's 57kg freestyle 1/8 Finals: Aman Sehrawat -- 2:30pm

  Women's 57kg freestyle 1/8 Finals: Anshu Malik -- 2:30pm

• Hockey - Men's Bronze medal match: India vs Spain -- 5:30pm

Don't have strength for more: Vinesh Phogat announces retirement a day after Olympics disqualification

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced retirement after her heartbreaking disqualification from the Olympics, saying she doesn't have the strength to continue.

The 29-year-old, who was disqualified for being 100gm overweight ahead of her 50kg category gold medal bout on Wednesday, posted on X to announce her decision.

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It's part of the game, a brave Vinesh Phogat tells Indian coaches after losing medal

"It's part of the game," a brave Vinesh Phogat told the Indian coaches who met her after her shock disqualification from the Paris Olympics for weighing 100g more than the permissible limit in the women's 50kg category here on Wednesday.

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Wrestler Antim Panghal and team set to be deported from Paris for disciplinary breach

Panghal crashed out of the Paris Olympics after losing her opening bout in the women's 53kg and went to the hotel, where her designated coach Bhagat Singh and actual coach Vikas, who is also her coach, were put up.

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'Tried my best': Mirabai Chanu after narrowly missing out on bronze

Vinesh Phogat appeals against disqualification in Court of Arbitration for Sports; asks for joint silver

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday appealed against her disqualification from the 50kg category Olympic finals in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), demanding that she be awarded a joint silver medal.

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Bronze medallist shooter Swapnil Kusale returns home; offers prayers at Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Mandir in Pune

GOLF | India's Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in action in Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 2

Aditi Ashok in action today.

That was not on my bingo card of chaos: Gold medal winner Hildebrandt on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification

American wrestler Sarah Ann Hildebrandt, who won the Olympics 50 kg gold medal bout from which Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight, says she was prepared for chaos on the morning of the summit clash but not the kind that unfolded around the Indian.

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Bronze medal winner shooter Swapnil Kusale holds victory roadshow in Pune

ATHLETICS | India's Jyothi Yarraji crashes out of Paris Olympics, finish 4th in Women's 100m Hurdles Repechage Heat 1

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m Hurdles Repechage Round - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 08, 2024. Jyothi Yarraji of India and Greta Kerekes of Hungary in action during heat 1.

Yarraji clocked a timing of 13.17 seconds.

WRESTLING | Aman Sehrawat in action next

Aman Sehrawat will take on Vladimir Egorov of North Macedonia in Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final.

WRESTLING | Aman Sehrawat qualifies for QFs

Wrestler Aman Sehrawat qualified for QFs after techincal superiority win over Vladimir Egorov of North Macedonia in Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final.

He will next take on either Zelimkhan Abakarov or Diamantino Iuna Fafe in the quarter-final later today.

WRESTLING | Anshu Malik in action

Anshu Malik takes on USA's Helen Maroulis in women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/16 Final.

WRESTLING | Anshu Malik eliminated in women's freestyle 57 kg wrestling round of 16

Anshu Malik lost to USA's Helen Maroulis in women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/16 Final.

However, her campaign isn't over yet as she still has a chance of competing in the repechage round, should Helen Louise Maroulis make it all the way to the final.

Antim Panghal likely to be banned for 3 years

Wrestler Antim Panghal is likely to be banned for three years by IOA for indiscipline during Olympic Games, source in Indian contingent told news agency PTI on Thursday.

Panghal, who lost in the 53kg category, was summoned by the police inside the Athletes’ Village in Paris. Antim was accused of ‘smuggling’ her sister inside the village, in a major violation of the rules.

Abhinav Bindra's message for Vinesh Phogat

India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has penned an inspiring note for wrestler Vinesh Phogat.

Here's what Bindra wrote for Vinesh Phogat:

Dear Vinesh,                                                                           

It is said that sport is a celebration of human will. I have known that to be true many times in my career but never has it resonated more than today. As I look around me, I see a nation and its people celebrate your unyielding resolve. You are a fighter – on and off the mat.

Through you, we are learning what it means to never lose the fight in us, even as a loss weighs heavily. You embody the true spirit of a warrior.

Not all victories look alike. Some end up as a glittering souvenir in a cabinet but the ones that matter more find their way into the stories we tell our children. And every child in this country will know the champion you are. Every child will grow up wanting to face life with the resilience you have displayed. I thank you for that.

Respect,

Abhinav Bindra

USA tops the medal tally

The United States was on top of the medal table on Wednesday after taking its haul to 27 golds and surpassing China in the process.

China is in second postion followed by Australia and France. Meanwhile India's position dropped to 67th spot

WRESTLING | Aman Sehrawat through to semifinals

Aman Sehrawat is through to the semifinals. He completes another win by technical superiority over Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov in the men’s 57kg quarterfinal.

Sehrawat is now one match away from final. He will face world silver medallist and top seed Rei Higuchi in the semifinals.

CLIMBING | Indonesia's Leonardo wins gold medal in men's speed event

Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo won the gold medal in the men's speed climbing at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

China's Wu Peng took the silver while American Sam Watson finished in third place in the bronze medal race that saw a world record of 4.74 seconds.

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Indian Hockey team eyes bronze as match to begin shortly

Indian hockey team will aim for a second consecutive podium finish at the Olympics when it will take on Spain in the bronze medal play-off on Thursday.

In world ranking too, Spain are placed eighth while India are currently at the fifth spot.

India hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will hope to end his illustrious 18-year-long career with a medal when he steps on to the field for one last time along with his teammates against Spain in the Paris Olympics.

Hockey | India 0-0 Spain at the end of first quarter in bronze medal match

Hockey | Spain scores, courtesy of a penalty stroke

Hockey | India 1-1 Spain after Harmanpreet Singh scores from a penalty corner

Hockey | India takes the lead as Harmanpreet Singh scores his second goal of the match

Hockey | India 2-1 Spain at the end of Q3 in bronze medal match

Hockey | India snatch bronze for second consecutive time

India has defeated Spain 2-1 to win bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is India's second consecutive bronze medal at the Olympics. The match was a tight affair with India having to fight back after going 1-0 down. This is the 4th medal for India at the Paris Olympics.

PM Modi Praises Indian Hockey Team's Historic Bronze Win Against Spain at Paris Olympics

Indians in action up next

9:45 PM WRESTLING - Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Aman Sehrawat 

11:55 PM- ATHELETICS - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra

IOA chief P T Usha embraces P R Sreejesh

Wrestler Aman Sehrawat in action up next

Aman Sehrawat will take on top seed Rei Higuchi in the semifinals

Wrestler Aman Sehrawat loses to Japan's Rei Higuchi in Semifinals

Japan's Rei Higuchi wins the match by technical superiority.

Indians in Action on Day 14 (August 9, 2024)

Here is India's schedule of Day 14 of competitions at the ongoing Paris Olympics

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Wrestling | Iran's Esmaeili wins Greco-Roman gold

Iran's Saeid Esmaeili won the men's 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Ukraine's Parviz Nasibov claimed silver while Cuba's Luis Orta of Cuba and Hasrat Jafarov of Azerbaijan took bronze.

Basketball | France beats Germany to return to gold medal game

Bolstered by an electric home crowd, a turbo-charged French men's basketball team won a 73-69 thriller over Germany on Thursday to send the host through to the Paris Olympics gold medal game.

France, Tokyo Olympic silver medallists, now await the winner between the United States and Serbia, who meet later on Thursday.

That contest will be a rematch of the 2016 Rio Summer Games gold medal final and will pit the star-studded squad led by LeBron James, a four-time NBA most valuable player against the reigning three-time MVP Nikola Jokic.

Swimming | Swedish swimmer out of Olympic marathon in Seine over water quality; organisers insist water is safe

Swedish marathon swimmer Victor Johansson has pulled out of the Olympic men's 10km event scheduled for Friday citing concerns about the water quality of the Seine river, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.

However, both Paris 2024 organisers and World Aquatics guaranteed the water quality met the thresholds set by the sport's governing body.

Johansson told the paper triathletes had fallen sick after swimming in the urban river during the Olympic competition, without naming any.

"There is a lot of information that has been flying around, but what we know for sure is that people have become ill," the paper quoted him as saying.

"Paris 2024, together with World Aquatics, has put in place a rigorous water quality monitoring process," Games organisers said in a statement to Reuters.

"Today’s results were considered 'very good' according to the World Aquatics thresholds for E.coli and Enterococci on all four testing points across the marathon swimming course."

World Aquatics in a statement added: "The men's marathon swim will only take place after analysis of the latest water quality readings overnight.

"We are very confident that the water quality will remain very good and that the race will be able to go ahead."

Men's Javelin Throw | Neeraj Chopra 8th in order of throwers in first 3 rounds of final

Men's Javelin Throw | Neeraj Chopra slips on his first throw. The throw will not count.

Men's Javelin Throw | Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem sets new Olympic record with 92.97m throw

Men's Javelin Throw | Neeraj throws 89.45m and slides into second position after Arshad

Vinesh Phogat disqualification updates: Harish Salve, Sr Advocate will represent the wrestler at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) tomorrow on Friday at 1 pm IST.

Men's Javelin Throw | Neeraj retains silver medal position after third series of throws

Neeraj retains his silver medal position thanks to his second throw of the night at 89.45m. Neeraj Chopra's third throw barely made it past the 75m mark and the athlete deliberately crossed the foul line to get a "no throw".

Arshad followed up his Olympic record-breaking second throw with a more modest 88.72m in his third try. Meanwhile, Jakub Vadlejch, who won silver in Tokyo, is now in the bronze medal position with a throw of 88.50m

WOMEN'S 400 Metres Hurdles | New Olympic record set by US track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman to ever win back-to-back gold medals in the Olympic event. Bagging the gold by finishing with a time of 50.37, the Olympian also set a new world record in the process.

Men's Javelin Throw | Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem wins gold, sets new Olympic record; Neeraj scores silver

With his silver, Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won gold with the Olympic record throw of 92.97m. Grenada's Anderson Peters got bronze.

PM Modi congratulates Neeraj Chopra on Olympic silver

Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also tweeted his congratulations, saying "Chopra's relentless dedication and exceptional skill have once again brought glory to India." He added, "May your achievement inspire future generations and continue to shine brightly on the global stage. Here’s to many more successes ahead!"