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The India men’s hockey team, led by Harmanpreet Singh, gave their goalkeeper PR Sreejesh a fitting farewell with a bronze medal, whereas Neeraj Chopra, who wasn’t at his best, still managed to clinch a silver medal. read more
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Members of the India men's hockey team pose with the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Reuters
India added two more medals to their tally at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, with the India men’s hockey team and Neeraj Chopra tasting success on the podium. The India men’s hockey team, led by Harmanpreet Singh, gave their goalkeeper PR Sreejesh a fitting farewell with a bronze medal, whereas Neeraj Chopra, who wasn’t at his best, still managed to clinch a silver medal.
India took on Spain in the men’s hockey bronze medal match at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. Harmanpreet Singh and Co had their task cut out following their 2-3 loss to Germany n the semi-finals. One positive for Inda was the return of defender Amit Rohidas to the playing XI, after he had been suspended for one game due to “dangerous play” against Great Britain in the quarter-finals.
Paris Olympics: News, schedule, medals tally and more
Both teams went into the first quarter break goalless, but early in the second quarter, it was Spain who led through Marc Miralles in the 18th minute. Spain’s lead was however short-lived as the experienced Harmanpreet Kaur, who has done it on multiple occasions for the team, netted two goals within a gap of just three minutes. The goals came in the 30th and 33rd minutes.
India began on a cautious note against World No 8 Spain. India began foraying into the Spanish half midway through the first quarter, but there were hardly any clear chances for India to score. India were dominant in terms of circle penetrations, managing nine of those than compared to Spain’s two in the first quarter.
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Fast forward to the fourth quarter, the Indian defence line were in for a hard time. With the Spanish attack line looking desperate for an equaliser, the Indian defenders had to soak in a lot of pressure to clinch the victory. More so, it was PR Sreejesh who made few fine saves in the last couple of minutes to seal the deal for India.
Later in the day, Neeraj Chopra was in action in javelin throw final at the Stade de France. It was far from best for the 26 year-old, who endured as many as five foul throws, with only one legal throw coming in his favour.
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His legal throw came in his second attempt. It was a throw that went the distance of 89.45m, a new season best, just a couple of days after Neeraj had set a previous season best of 89.34m during qualification.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, touted as one of Neeraj’s biggest rivals, was on another level. In his second throw, Nadeem went for a distance of 92.97m, setting a new Olympic. The pendulum swung in his favour ever since, and there was no stopping him whatsoever.
So much so that, Nadeem finished off in style, with a throw of 91.79m in his final attempt. Grenada’s Andersen Peters won bronze with a throw of 88.54m, just a tad but more than Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch (88.50m), who was a silver medallist in Tokyo.
In wrestling, Anshu Malik was knocked out of the women’s 57 kg freestyle category following a 2-7 loss to USA’s Helen Maroulis. Aman Sehrawat, on the other hand, made the semi-finals of the men’s 57 kg freestyle wrestling, before losing to Japan’s Rei Higuchi on technical superiority. Sehrawat will next face Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz in the bronze medal match on Friday.
Let’s take a look at all results pertaining to Indan athletes on 8 August:
Athletics
Women’s 100m hurdles Repechage Round (Heat 1): Jyothi Yarraji finishes fourth in her Heat with time of 13.17 seconds. Does not qualify for semi-finals
Men’s javelin throw final: Neeraj Chopra wins silver medal with a throw of 89.45m (His season best score)
Men’s 57kg freestyle round of 16: Aman Sehrawat beat Vladimir Egorov (10-0) by technical superiority
Men’s 57 kg freestyle quarter-finals: Aman Sehrawat beat Zelimkhan Abakarov (12-0) by technical superiority — 4:20 pm
Men’s 57 kg freestyle semi-finals: Aman Sehrawat loses to Higuchi Rei by technical superiority (0-10), will fight for bronze
Women’s 57kg freestyle round of 16: Anshu Malik loses to Helen Louise Maroulis (2-7)
Hockey
Men’s Bronze medal match: India beat Spain 2-1 to win bronze medal
Golf
Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar were tied 14th after Round 2 of women’s golf competition. Aditi scored 1-under 71 in the second round, whereas Diksha was on par at 72.
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