Hello and welcome to the day 11 of the Paris Olympics 2024. ESPN India will bring you all LIVE updates, including scores, results and commentary from today’s action, with main focus being the Indians competing at the Games.
The live blog for all the events on Tuesday, August 6, will be right below listed events:
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Neeraj Chopra, India’s gold medal hope and the reigning champion, has qualified for the javelin finals after registering a big 89.34m in his first throw.
Kishore Jena’s best throw is 80.73m, he fails to make it to the finals. The qualification standard is 84m, all athletes meeting the mark will make it to the final or at least 12 best performers.
COMPLETED
Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat stuns Japan’s Yui Susaki to qualify for quarters. It’s a big shock as the Japanese wrestler was the reigning Olympic champion and four-time World Champion. She won gold at the Tokyo Games without conceding a single point.
Vinesh’s quarterfinal bout scheduled for today at 4:20 PM. She faces Oksana Livach of Ukraine for a place in the semifinals.
Table tennis: India men’s team lose to China in round of 16.
UPCOMING
Later on Tuesday, the men’s hockey team will play Germany in the men’s semifinal. India, buoyed by wins against Australia and Great Britain, will aim to qualify for their first final since 1980 but it won’t be an easy task as Germany, the world champions, have been the best performing team at this Olympics.
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