Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates: Vinesh Phogat stunned Olympic champion Yui Susaki and then won her quarterfinal bout as well in women's 50kg wrestling. She is now one win away from confirming her first Olympic medal. Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin final with a monster throw of 89.34m in his first attempt.Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11 Live Updates:Vinesh Phogat, looking for her first medal in her third Olympic appearance, started off in extraordinary fashion, stunning defending champion and the seemingly inconquerable Yui Susaki of Japan to go through to the women's 50kg quarterfinal. She then went on to win her quarterfinal bout as well and is now just one win away from confirming at least a silver medal for herself. Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra started his gold medal defence by qualifying for the final in men's javelin with a monster throw of 89.30m in his first attempt itself. Earlier, Meanwhile, the men's table tennis team lost to China in the pre-quarterfinal.Vinesh now faces 2018 world championship bronze medallist Oksana Livach of Ukraine in the quarterfinal. Vinesh was the medal contender at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 for India. Her campaign in 2016 came to an end due to a career-threatening injury during the tournament while she missed out on a medal in Tokyo and later revealed that she was managing another injury during the tournament.Day 10 turned out to be a rollercoaster of emotions for India with athletes from the country finishing in fourth places in two different events. Badminton star Lakshya Sen, looking to become the first Indian man to win a singles medal at the Olympics and the third from his country to do so overall, got off to a good start but ultimately lost 21-13 16-21 11-21 defeat against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. In shooting, Maheshwari Singh, Anant Jeet Singh reached the bronze medal match of mixed skeet, but lost in the medal encounter.In table tennis, India managed to seal a 3-2 win vs Romania in the team round of 16 and booked a quarter-final berth. In athletics, Kiran Pahal finished in seventh position in her Round 1 heat of women's 400m, and into the repechage stage. Meanwhile, Avinash Sable bagged fifth spot in men's 3000m steeplechase Round 1 Heat 2, and is through to the final. Nisha Dahiya was left extremely disappointed in wrestling, losing to North Korea's Pak Sol Gum in the quarters. She sustained a shoulder injury and is also out of repechage, which was confirmed after Pak's semi-final defeat.Also Read: Neeraj Chopra, who has gained unlikely stardom in India, closes in on another javelin success
Paris Olympics: Heartbreaking Disqualification for Vinesh PhogatIndian wrestler Vinesh Phogat faced a devastating setback at the Paris Olympics, as she was found marginally over the weight limit on the second day of competition in the 50 kg category. This disqualification means she will not compete for a medal on Wednesday evening.In an unfortunate turn of events, Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after being slightly above the 50 kg weight limit on the morning of her gold medal bout. Despite the Indian team's best efforts through the night, she was just a few grams over the required weight.The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) expressed their regret in a statement: "It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand."Sources earlier indicated that Vinesh was approximately 100 grams over the permissible limit, leading to her disqualification. As per competition rules, this means she is not eligible even for a silver medal. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) later confirmed that Vinesh will be replaced by Yusneylis Guzman, the Cuban wrestler she defeated in the semi-final, in the gold-medal bout.The IOC statement read: "According to article 11 of the International Wrestling Rules, Vinesh will be replaced by the wrestler who lost against her in the Semifinal. Therefore Guzman Lopez Yusneylis (CUB) will compete in the Final. Repechage SUSAKI Yui (JPN) vs LIVACH Oksana (UKR) will become the Bronze Medal Match."Vinesh made the weight for Tuesday’s bouts, but competition rules require wrestlers to remain within their weight category on both days of the event.Also Read: Paris 2024 Olympics - Latest News, Schedules & Results
