Today at Paris Olympics: Neeraj said his first target is to retain the gold but the fight for the bronze medal is equally spirited in the camp.
Paris Olympics 2024: Finch Indian hockey team continues to shine for the day 13 all fans will be looking forward to the javelin throw final of Neeraj Chopra and the hockey team’s bronze medal match against Spain. We now find ourselves on the 13 of Paris Olympics, 2024, and entering into the final stage of the event which has been so wonderful international sporting event.
Today is another day and it is another opportunity has fallen unto India to push up their tally of three. In the course of the Paris Games, whenever the wrestling fans waited for a medal for the Indian team, everything changed when Vinesh Phogat who was only a win away from history, lost her place in the final after being disqualified.
On the part of the Indian fans and supporters, there has been disappointment and anguish and two functions that are being carried out today can cure them. India’s motivation man Neeraj Chopra is, once more, at the brink of writing history.
He is once again in the final of the men’s javelin throw in the Olympic games. Thus, on the day 13, Neeraj will dominate the chart, while other Indian golfers, such as Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, will engage in the round of strokeplay
Jyothi Yarraji will run in the Women’s 100m hurdles Repechage Round in athletics. Indian hockey team will also be in action and the game will be a battle for bronze medal between India and Spain.
The latest Olympic and world championship Neeraj Chopra was through to the Men’s javelin final with a throw of 89. 34 meters in the qualification round, August 6, Tuesday in Stade de France.
This was also the season’s best and his career second best throw as he advanced to the final of the event. He did not compete in several leagues this year as he decided to keep his goal on the Olympics and give his best effort. This man will be featuring in the tournament with the view of defending his title which he clinched to in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
He is also the first athletics event Olympic medalist from India. Familiarly referred to as the golden boy of India, Neeraj’s sight will again be on gold. However, Neeraj who has won everything in his field could face stiff test from his opponents including Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, Germany’s Julian Weber and Grenda’s Anderson Peters.
Indian hockey team
The much-awaited Indian men’s hockey team will be up against Spain in the bronze medal match of the upcoming Paris 2024 at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes Thursday. Fifth ranked Indian hockey team was handed a 3-2 defeat by world’s second ranked Germany in the semi-finals on Tuesday.
The Indian team which clinched bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, notwithstanding, Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh got the goals, however, it was not sufficient to take the team to the final again like in the last edition. At the same time, the match of hockey Germany and Netherlands that will become a final will take place in the afternoon.
Both the India and Spain teams have played each other nine times after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and while levelheaded the Indian hockey team emerged victorious in five of those encounters. But, of those five victories, two were acquired through shootouts.
INDIA’S FULL SCHEDULE IN PARIS OLYMPICS: AUGUST 8
1:30 PM
Golf: Women’s individual strokeplay Round 2 – Aditi Ashol, Diksha Dagar
1:45 PM
Athletics: Women’s 100m hurdles repechage – Jyothi Yarraji
3:00 PM onwards
Wrestling: Men’s 57kg R16 – Aman Sehrawat
Wrestling: Women’s 57kg R16 – Anshu Malik
4:20 PM onwards
Wrestling: Men’s 57kg quarter-finals (if qualified) – Aman Sehrawat
Wrestling: Women’s 57kg quarter-finals (if qualified) – Anshu Malik
5:30 PM – MEDAL EVENT
Hockey: Men’s Bronze medal match – India vs Spain
9:45 PM onwards
Wrestling: Men’s 57kg semi-finals (if qualified) – Aman Sehrawat
10:25 PM onwards
Wrestling: Women’s 57kg semi-finals (if qualified) – Anshu Malik
11:55 PM – MEDAL EVENT
Athletics: Men’s javelin throw final – Neeraj Chopra
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