At the Paris Olympics, reigning Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra aims to defend his title and make history once again tonight. Meanwhile, the Indian Men’s Hockey team will face Spain in the bronze medal match this evening.
In wrestling, Indian fans will closely watch Aman Sehrawat in the men’s 57 kg freestyle and Anshu in the women’s 57 kg freestyle events this afternoon. Yesterday, Vinesh Phogat faced a setback, getting disqualified from the 50 kg freestyle wrestling for being overweight by a few grams after she made it to the final. Vinesh has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, requesting a joint Olympic silver.
In weightlifting, S. Mirabai Chanu narrowly missed a podium finish in the women’s 49 kg final, placing 4th. The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist and world record-holder for clean and jerk finished with a score of 199 kg, below her personal best of 205 kg achieved at the 2020 Asian Championship.
Furthermore, India’s top distance runner Avinash Sable finished 11th in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, a race won by Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali with a season’s best time of 8:06.05.
Indian sports enthusiasts will look forward to potentially historic performances and hope for medals on this action-packed day.
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