India at Paris Olympics Day 15 Highlights: Vinesh's verdict postponed to 13 August; Reetika knocked out in wrestling

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates

That’s all we have for you from the penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Paris Olympics will officially come to a close on Sunday (11 August), with the closing ceremony set to take place at the Stade de France. We will be back with LIVE coverage of the Paris Olympics one last time tomorrow. Until then, it’s goodbye and good night!

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

A revised statement from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has clarified that the deadline for the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) verdict on Vinesh Phogat is 6 pm Paris time on 13 August, and not 11 August as was reported earlier. “The ad hoc division of CAS has extended time till 6-00 p.m. on August 11, 2024, for all parties in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling & the International Olympic Committee matter to present additional points before the Sole Arbitrator Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett. The decision will be issued before 6-00 p.m. on August 13, 2024,” the IOA said in their statement.

Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — What to expect in closing ceremony?

The 2024 Paris Olympics comes to a close on Sunday (11 August) with the closing ceremony of the Games taking place at Stade de France. Unlike the opening ceremony, which was held across river Seine, the closing ceremony will be held in a traditional manner inside a stadium. What can we expect from the closing ceremony and who will perform? Click here to read.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

There’s an update from wrestling at the Paris Olympics. USA’s Kennedy Blades defeats Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan with an 8-6 scoreline in the women’s 76 kg freestyle wrestling competition semi-finals. This means that Reetika Hooda’s campaign at the Olympics is all but over. Reetika had lost to Kyzy in the quarter-finals and needed Kyzy to beat the American for Reetika to have any chance of fighting in repechage. Competing in repechage would have given Reetika chance to remain in contention for bronze.

This means India’s campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics officially comes to an end. India finish the Paris Olympics with six medals in total, which includes one silver and five bronze medals. No gold medal for India this time around.

Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates —Football

The United States of America have beaten Brazil 1-0 in the women’s football final to clinch the gold medal! A goal from Mallory Swanson in the 57th minute is what guides USA to the gold medal.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won silver in Paris on Friday, hoped that Vinesh Phogat earns her joint-silver medal when the verdict comes out. “If she gets the medal, it would be very good. If things had not panned out the way they did, she would have had the medal. I hope she gets it because if you don’t have it around your neck, that thing stays in your heart,” Chopra told reporters. Chopra was felicitated by Nita Ambani, IOC member and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, at the “India House” on Saturday.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates —Golf

India’s campaign in golf comes to an end, with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finishing in Tied-29th and Tied-49th respectively. Disappointing outings for both of them, especially Aditi, who had finished fourth in Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Here are the medallists in women’s golf at Paris Olympics:

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

BREAKING NEWS! The Court of Arbitration of Sport’s (CAS) ad-hoc division has extended the verdict on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal for a joint-silver medal at the Paris Olympics. The new deadline is 6 pm on 11 August. “The ad hoc division of CAS has extended time till 6-00 p.m. Paris time (9.30 pm IST) on August 11, 2024, for the Sole Abritator Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling & the International Olympic Committee to issue a decision. The reasoned order will be issued at a later date,” a statement from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

We’re past 9.30 pm IST and the final verdict on if Vinesh Phogat will win a joint-silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics could be announced anytime from now. Vinesh was disqualified from her women’s 50 kg final bout at the Olympics for being overweight by 100 grams.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Football

Half-time in the women’s football gold medal match between Brazil and USA at Parc des Princes, Paris. Will either team break the deadlock on the other side of the interval? Or will this contest conclude with a shootout?

Meanwhile, Tom Cruise is cheering for the USWNT from the stands, so looks like he will be performing in the closing ceremony from the looks of it.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Wrestling

Men’s 57kg champion Rei Higuchi, who defeated bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat 10-0 in the semi-finals, has a heart-warming message for Vinesh Phogat.

I understand your pain the best.
same 50g.
Don't worry about the voices around you.
Life goes on.
Rising from setbacks is the most beautiful thing.
Take a good rest. https://t.co/KxtTMw4vhL

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates — Brazil vs USA women's football final under

Meanwhile, the women’s football gold medal match between Brazil and USA is currently underway at Parc des Princes in Paris, with both teams yet to score after half-an-hour.

Spain had beaten France to win the men’s gold medal on Friday, but lost to Germany in the women’s bronze medal match.

Will Brazil women win their first ever gold medal after two silvers and three bronze medals? Or will the Americans stand on top of the podium for a fifth time?

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates

Neeraj Chopra and PR Sreejesh pose with their medals — silver in men’s javelin and bronze in men’s hockey respectively, both won on Thursday. (Image credit: JSW Sports Media)

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Golf

India’s Aditi Ashok has jumped 11 places to 29th in the latest standings of the women’s individual golf tournament. Diksha Dagar, meanwhile, has slipped to tied 49th in the tournament.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Table tennis

The journey of both the men’s and women’s teams were marked by moments of brilliance, hard-fought battles, and a few heartbreaking exits. As the dust settles on the Paris campaign, it is vital to reflect on the key takeaways, acknowledging the successes and the challenges that revealed areas for growth. Ashwin Subramaniam analyses India’s table tennis campaign.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Golf

Indian golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar currently are tied-26th and tied-49th respectively in the final round of the women’s individual stroke play event. Unless Reetika Hooda qualifies for the bronze medal match via repechage, Aditi and Diksha are the last Indians in action in the Paris Olympics.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Tomorrow is the last day of 2024 Games

The closing ceremony will take place tomorrow and is scheduled to start at 12.30 am on Monday in India. As per the Olympics website, “100 performers, dancers, acrobats, and circus artists will team up with globally famous singers to entertain fans with several musical performances.” READ MORE for the date, time, venue, and all you need to know.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Golf update for India

Aditi Ashok has climbed up five places in Round 4 and is tied-35th. She has carded 1 Under Par today, but Diksha Dagar is 51st after +7 for the day.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda loses wrestling quarter-finals

More clarity on why Reetika lost despite the match ending 1-all. The last technical point rule was used to decide the winner after the tie. Aiperi Medet Kyzy scored the last technical point in the match and hence she won the bout. What a sad way to lose the bout.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy wrestling quarter-finals

Passivity warning for Reetika and she goes aggressive, trying to catch Kyzy’s leg. But unfortunately, Kyzy has got control of Reetika and earns one point. A passivity point. If it ends in a draw Kyzy will win as she got the last point.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda loses wrestling quarter-finals

It’s not all over for Reetika. She can still fight for bronze through the repechage round if No.1 seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy reaches the final of the 76kg freestyle event.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy wrestling quarter-finals

Match ends. Kyzy wins despite the score being level 1-1. Kyzy won on the count back rule as she had earned the last point.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy wrestling quarter-finals

Alright second period is underway. It’s a lot of standing wrestling so far with both wrestlers interlocked to each other. And the referee has asked them to break. Reetika has a slight height advantage.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy wrestling quarter-finals

Two minutes into the bout and no point for anyone. Mainly because the No.1 seed Aiperi is very defensive. The No.1 seed gets a passivity warning and Reetika gets one point. The first period ends with Reetika leading 1-0.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy quarter-finals is underway

Reetika Hooda’s quarter-finals against Aiperi Medet Kyzy is underway. Both wrestlers were interlocked at the start but nothing came out of it.

Vinesh Phogat's appeal: CAS's verdict on joint silver to be announced by 9.30 PM today

The Court of Arbitration for Sports’ (CAS) decision on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal for a joint silver medal at the Paris Olympics is expected to come out today (10 August, Saturday) by 9.30 PM IST (6.30 PM local time). After CAS accepted Vinesh’s appeal against her disqualification from the Olympics for failing the weigh-in by just 100 grams and losing out on a medal, the arguments in the matter concluded on Friday (9 August) in front of the ad-hoc division after a three-hour hearing. READ MORE

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy in wrestling

Confirmation: JioCinema says that Reetika Hooda’s quarter-finals against Aiperi Medet Kyzy will be played today at 4:15 PM IST.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda reaches wrestling quarter-finals

Reetika started wrestling in 2015. She wanted to play handball but her father asked her to pursue wrestling and now the Rohtak girl has won her bout on the Olympics debut. READ MORE about the 22-year-old wrestler.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy in wrestling

Here’s how Reetika dominated her opponent:

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda storms into wrestling quarters

Reetila will face No. 1 seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the quarter-finals. Kyzy is a two-time Asian champion and won silver at the World Championships 2023.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda beats Bernadett Nagy on debut

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda beats Bernadett Nagy on debut

Summary: Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda makes a winning start to her first Olympics campaign, and enters the quarter-finals of the women’s freestyle (76kg) event with a 12-2 (technical superiority) win over Bernadett Nagy of Hungary.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda beats Bernadett Nagy on debut

And Reetika wins it with technical superiority. Two more points takes her to a 12-2 lead and the match has been stopped with 29 seconds to go. What an Olympic debut for the Rohtak wrestler.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda vs Bernadett Nagy wrestling match

Reetik, who won the U23 world championship last year, now leads 6-2 after yet another takedown. And then she drops her opponent on the mat and spins her for four more points. Reetika leads 10-2.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika's wrestling match begins

Reetika got a passivity warning but quickly fought back and after a few takedowns took a 4-0 lead. Nagy bounced back with a takedown, and it’s 4-2 in the first period in favour of the Indian.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika's wrestling match begins

Reetika Hooda’s 76kg round of 16 wrestling match is underway against Hungary’s Bernadett Nagy.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Breaking -- Vinesh's CAS verdict to come out today at 9.30 PM IST

Vinesh Phogat’s CAS verdict on her appeal for a joint silver medal at the Paris Olympics will come out today at 9.30 PM IST.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda will soon begin her debut Olympics campaign

Reetika Hooda is the first Indian woman to qualify for the 76kg heavyweight wrestling category at the Olympics. Here’s the story of the Haryana wrestler and her journey from Rohtak to Paris 2024.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Cuban wrestler misses weigh-in in Paris

Geandry Garzón Caballero of Cuba was to take part in the repechage round today in the Men’s Freestyle 74kg event but he gave a walkover to his opponent after not attending the weigh-in. So weigh-in is proving to be a problem for a lot of athletes.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda faces a tough road ahead

Reetika Hooda will lead India’s charge on Day 15. She faces Bernadett Nagy of Hungary in the round of 16 match. Nagy is a two-time bronze medallist at the European Championships.

If she reaches the quarter-finals, she could face No. 1 seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan. Kyzy is a two-time Asian champion and a silver medal winner at the World Championships 2023.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Drum rolls and bhangra at airport as hockey team arrives

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Golf update for India

Women’s golf tournament: Diksha Dagar will tee off at 1.25 pm and Aditi Ashok at 1.41 pm. They both slipped in the rankings yesterday to be placed 42 and 40 respectively. They are unlikely to win a medal.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: We are sure you have not seen this picture of Aman!

At 21, India's Aman Sehrawat is the youngest Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympics 🇮🇳🥉#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/W9UYDWX9aI

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Sreeja Akula, who is only the 2nd TT player from India to reach Olympics Rd of 16, returns home

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: How Aman Sehrawat lost 4.6kg before his bronze medal match?

Aman Sehrawat was 4.5kg overweight before the weigh-in for his bronze medal match and ended up losing 4.6kg in just 10 hours after his semi-final defeat. READ how he did it.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Special gesture from Air India for our hockey team

A special gesture from @airindia for the boys as they headed back to India from Paris. 🇮🇳 #ReturningHome #Hockey #HockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/StTlB7fc9B

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: India unearth a wrestling star in Paris

Amit Banerjee writes on Aman’s medal win: ‘India desperately needed a wrestling medal to keep a 16-year Olympic streak alive in Paris. Someone had to step up for the nation, and on Friday, that someone happened to be young Aman Sehrawat, India’s lone male wrestler in Paris’. READ MORE

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: IOA hopeful of 'positive outcome' in Vinesh Phogat's case

”Indian Olympic Association remained hopeful of a positive resolution of wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s application before the Ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against her failed weigh-in,” the IOA said in a statement.

”Since the matter is sub-judice, IOA can only state that the Sole Arbitrator Dr. Annabelle Bennett AC SC (Australia) heard all parties applicant Vinesh Phogat, the respondents United World Wrestling and the International Olympic Committee as well as IOA as an interested party over three hours,” the IOA stated.

”It was indicated by the Sole Arbitrator that the operative part of the order may be expected soon, with a detailed order with reasons to follow thereafter,” the IOA said.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Hockey bronze medals winners have arrived home

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India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Imane Khelif conquers Paris Olympics

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif successfully got past the gender debate and won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics. She had faced intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. The social media is still divided though. READ MORE

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Vinesh Phogat CAS hearing update

The hearing in over Vinesh Pogat’s appeal for a joining silver at the Paris Olympics concluded in the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) on Friday. The verdict is expected to come today. The CAS had said that the verdictt would come before the end of the Olympics. The closing ceremony is tomorrow.

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: India's sixth medal win

India’s sixth medal at Paris 2024 came on Friday with Aman Sehrawat beating Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz 13-5 in the bronze medal match. At 21 years and 24 days, Aman is also the youngest-ever individual medallist at the Olympics from India. READ MORE

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Full schedule for India

Golf

Women’s Individual Final: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar – 12.30 pm

Wrestling

Women’s Freestyle 76kg Pre-quarterfinal: Reetika Hooda vs Bernadett Nagy (Hungary) – 2.51 pm

Women’s Freestyle 76kg Quarter-final (If qualified): Reetika Hooda vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan) or Wang Juan (China) – 4.20 pm

Women’s Freestyle 76kg Semi-final (If qualified): Reetika Hooda vs TBD – 10.20 pm

India at Paris Olympics Day 15 LIVE Updates: Reetika Hooda eyes wrestling medal

Can India get one more medal on Day 15? Reetika Hooda will start her women’s 76kg freestyle wrestling campaign today. She is the first heavyweight women’s wrestler to qualify from India.