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India’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat disqualified from women's 50 kg wrestling final from the Paris Olympics 2024 for an over weight of 100 grams. This was a shockwave to the country. Few coaches met Vinesh after the disqualification, they said that she was brave and expressed that it is part of the game. If she might have participated in the match, at least she would have returned with silver. The next day after her disqualification, Vinesh announced her retirement as well. One more sad news is, Antim Panghal lost in 53 kg women's style wrestling.
On the other side, Indian Hockey is scheduled to play for her bronze medal on Thursday. People of the nation believe that Men in Blue will surely win the game. India struggled and lost against Germany in the semi-final match.Today, India will fight with Spain for the bronze medal. The former captain of India men’s hockey team Vadipattu Raja in an interview said that the Indian Hockey team will surely win the match and bring bronze to the nation. India team will play the bronze medal match with full strength as the ban on Amit will be removed.
In Indian table tennis, triple players also lost the match in the quarter-finals against Germany. Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath lost the first match of the tie by 1-3. The German pair Wan Yuan and Shah Xiona won the match by 11-5, -11, 12-10 and 11-6.
On the 13th day, we have a few opportunities to win medals, including Neeraj Chopra and Men’s hockey team bronze medal match.
Day 13 Paris Olympics Indian Athletes schedule: August 8th
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will participate in the women's individual stroke play round 2 event at 12:30 PM. If they manage to win this match, They will create history. Aditi finished in fourth place in the Tokyo Olympics.
Jyoti Yarraji will participate in the 100m hurdles at 2:05 PM.
In wrestling Men’s freestyle pre quarter finals India player Aman Sehrawat will take on North Macedonia Egorov Vladimir at 2:30 PM.
In women’s freestyle Group B 57 kg pre-quarter final, India’s Anshu Malik will take on USA's Helen Lousie Maroulis at 2:30 PM.
The Men's Hockey Bronze Medal is scheduled at 5:30 PM, which will be with Spain.
The javelin throw is scheduled at 11:55 PM, India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra qualified by throwing it at a distance of 89.34 meters. The qualification throw was his personal best throw and is expected to receive a medal from him.
