Olympics Highlights: Avinash Sable finishes 11th in men's 3000m steeplechase finalsIn a heartbreaking turn of events, Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Olympics after being found overweight before her scheduled women’s Freestyle 50kg event finals today. Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker, who won two bronze medals for shooting in the Paris Games returned to India earlier today. Mirabai Chanu came to fourth sport in women’s 49kg weightlifting event. Avinash Sable finished 11th in Paris Olympics men's 3000m steeplechase finals. Thank you for tracking all updates on Paris Olympics here with DH.
Vinesh Phogat to take on USA's Sarah Hildebrandt in women’s Freestyle 50kg wrestling event today
Mirabai Chanu's women’s 49kg weightlifting match to start from 11:00pm IST
Ireland's Kellie Harrington won her second Olympic boxing gold medal; announced retirement
Olympics bronze medallist Manu Bhaker has returned to India on Wednesday after her successful Paris campaign
MARATHON RACE WALK MIXED RELAY (Medal round) | India's Priyanka Goswami and Suraj Panwar are currently in action
Priyanka Goswami in action in Paris.
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History-making Manu Bhaker arrives home to enthusiastic reception
Manu Bhaker with her personal coach Jaspal Rana being welcomed upon her arrival at the airport, in New Delhi.
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Star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker landed back in the country on Wednesday after her historic feat of winning two medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games and was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and her family, who braved a steady drizzle to give her a memorable reception here.
Breaking | India's Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Paris Games after being found overweight
India's hopes of winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics suffered a huge setback as Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight after qualifying for the finals of the women's 50 kg wrestling event.
IOA issues statement on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification
"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", the Indian Olympic Association said in a statement.
GOLF | India's Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in action in Women's Individual Stroke Play
'Today's setback hurts': PM Modi on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from Olympics
PM Modi speaks to IOA president P T Usha after Phogat's disqualification
'Not just an insult to Vinesh, but also to country': AAP's leader Sanjay Singh on wrestler's disqualification
TABLE TENNIS | Indian women's TT team face Germany in the quarterfinals
TABLE TENNIS | India's Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath play against Germany's Wan Yuan and Shan Xiaona in opening doubles in QF
ATHLETICS | India's Sarvesh Anil Kushare in action in Men's High Jump qualification
TABLE TENNIS | Akula-Kamath's opening doubles against Germany's Yuan-Xiaona tied at 1-1
ATHLETICS | India's Yarraji Jyothi crashes out after finishing 7th in women's 100 metre hurdles Heat 4
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 7, 2024. Jyothi Yarraji of India and Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland in action during heat 4.
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TABLE TENNIS | Manika Batra wins first game 11-8 against Germany's Annett Kaufmann in match 2
'Broken the hopes of millions': Amit Shah on Phogat's disqualificaton
MARATHON RACE WALK MIXED RELAY (Medal round) | India's Priyanka Goswami and Suraj Panwar fails to finish race, bow out of Paris Games
ATHLETICS | India's Annu Rani languishing at the 15th spot in women's javelin throw qualifications, one attempt remaining
TABLE TENNIS | Manika Batra trails 1- 2 in match 2 against Germany's Annett Kaufmann
TABLE TENNIS | Manika Batra loses 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 5-11 to Annett Kaufmann; India trail 0-2 against Germany in QF
Vinesh 'remains a champion': President Murmu on wrestler's disqualification
'She went through a lot': Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Phogat's disqualification
'Extremely unfortunate': Wrestling Federation of India president Sanjay Singh on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification
ATHLETICS | India's Annu Rani crashes out after hitting 55.81 metres in women's javelin throw qualifications; finish 15th in Group A
Annu Rani in action today.
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TABLE TENNIS | Archana Kamath leads 2-1 against Germany's Xiaona Shan in match 3
WRESTLING | India's Antim Panghal takes on Turkey's Zeynep Yetgil in women's freestyle 53 kg prequarterfinals
TABLE TENNIS | Archana Kamath beats Germany's Xiaona Shan in match 3; India still trail 1-2
TABLE TENNIS | Sreeja Akula takes on Germany's Annett Kaufmann in match 4
WRESTLING | Antim Panghal bows out of Paris Games, loses 0-10 against Turkey's Zeynep Yetgil in prequarters
Paris 2024 Olympics - Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Final - Champ de Mars Arena, Paris, France - August 07, 2024. Antim Panghal in action against Zeynep Yetgil of Turkey.
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TABLE TENNIS | Sreeja Akula suffers 6-11, 7-11, 7-11 loss against Annett Kaufmann in match 4; India lose tie 1-3 against Germany
ATHLETICS | India's Sarvesh Anil Kushare bow out of Paris Games after finishing 13th in Men's High Jump qualification Group B
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's High Jump Qualification - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 7, 2024. India's Sarvesh Anil Kushare India in action.
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'We are providing Vinesh with all medical, emotional support': IOA chief P T Usha
'One day, she will bring a medal for sure': Vinesh Phogat's uncle reacts after her Olympics disqualification
ATHLETICS | Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw won the gold medal in women's speed climbing
China's Deng Lijuan took the silver and Poland's Aleksandra Kalucka won the bronze.
ATHLETICS | Spain's Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez took the first ever gold medal in the mixed marathon race walk relay
Ecuador held on for silver, while Australia took bronze.
CYCLING | Dutch rider Lavreysen sets new 200m flying lap world record
IOA President P T Usha met Vinesh Phogat following her disqualification
P T Usha's statement of Phogat's disqualification
SAILING | Netherlands' Bouwmeester claims gold in women's dinghy final
Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark secured silver, while Line Flem Hoest of Norway did enough in the medal race to win bronze.
GOLF | Women's individual updates: Diksha Dagar up in 2nd, Aditi Ashok drops to 11th
GOLF | Women's individual updates: Diksha Dagar drops down to 4th, Aditi Ashok to 12th
GOLF | Women's individual updates: Diksha Dagar drops further to 7th, Aditi Ashok still in 12th
Silver went to Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus and bronze was won by Stefano Peschiera of Peru.
GOLF | Women's individual updates: Diksha Dagar back up to 6th, Aditi Ashok up to 11th
WEIGHTLIFTING | China's Li Fabin wins men's 61kg gold
Theerapong Silachai of Thailand claimed silver and Hampton Morris of the United States took bronze.
GOLF | Women's individual: Diksha Dagar finishes Round 1 in 7th, Aditi Ashok in 12th
SKATBOARDING | Australia's Palmer wins gold in men's park
American Tom Schaar got silver and Brazilian Augusto Akio took bronze.
CYCLING | Australia win men's team pursuit gold
The Brits took silver while Italy clinched bronze.
ATHLETICS | Praveen Chithravel is set to compete in Men's Triple Jump qualification today
ATHLETICS | Men's Triple Jump qualification is underway with Praveen Chithravel set to compete
ATHLETICS | Greek pole vaulter Polak handed provisional suspension
Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak was disqualified from the Olympics and handed a provisional suspension at the Paris Games after she tested positive for banned substances, the IOC said on Wednesday.
The Greek Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that one member of its team was expelled from the athletes' village but her identity was previously unknown.
The team had been informed of the violation by Greece's anti-doping agency on Monday, the same day she competed in the qualification round.
Polak cleared a height of 4.20 metres but did not reach Wednesday's final as she failed to get over 4.40. She was listed as "DQ" in the results.
Polak said she was innocent of any wrongdoing.
"A few days ago something was found in my sample," she told reporters in the mixed zone after competing in the preliminary round on Monday.
"I have never taken supplements or protein. It was below the level of what is banned so that is why I competed. I have an issue with iron and have to eat red meat daily and that must have been in the meat. I only know that the meat contained that substance." (Reuters)
CYCLING | United States win women's team pursuit gold
The United States won the gold medal in the Olympic track cycling women's team pursuit for the first time as they beat New Zealand in the final at the national Velodrome on Wednesday.
Britain defeated Italy to take the bronze medal. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Portugal's Pichardo sails through triple jump qualifiers
Portugal's Pedro Pichardo looked casual in a backward cap as he cruised through triple jump qualifiers, ready to defend his Olympic gold in Friday's final against challengers including Spain's Jordan Diaz and Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango.
Pichardo leapt 17.44 metres on his first attempt, the best jump of the night and easily clearing the 17.10 qualifying standard.
Diaz had a confident start too on his Olympic debut, kicking off with a 17.24 jump. The 23-year-old, who was born in Cuba but moved to Spain to train and became a national, holds the world lead this year and looks to be the biggest threat to Pichardo.
Diaz leapt 18.18 metres, the third best jump of all time and just 11cm short of the world record, in Rome in June - beating Pichardo's 18.04 at the same event. (Reuters)
ARTISTIC SWIMMING | China win gold in team event
China won the gold medal in team artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
The United States took the silver medal and Spain the bronze.
WRESTLING | Japan's Kusaka wins Greco-Roman gold
Japan's Nao Kusaka won the gold in the men's 77kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, while Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan claimed silver.
Armenia's Malkhas Amoyan and Kyrgyzstan's Akzhol Makhmudov took bronze. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | American Hall wins 400m gold
Quincy Hall of the United States won the men's Olympic 400 metres gold medal on Wednesday
Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith took the silver and Muzal Samukonga of Zambia the bronze. (Reuters)
Jamaica's Roje Stona won gold in the men's Olympic discus on Wednesday.
Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna took silver and Australia's Matthew Denny claimed the bronze. (Reuters)
WEIGHTLIFTING | Mirabai Chanu finishes 4th in Paris Olympics
WEIGHTLIFTING | China's Hou retains women's 49kg title
Hou Zhihui of China won the gold medal in the Olympic women's 49kg weightlifting on Wednesday.
Mihaela Cambei of Romania took silver and Thailand's Surodchana Khambao claimed bronze. (Reuters)
BOXING | Taiwan's Lin wins semi-final amid gender row
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, beat Turkey's Esra Yildiz in the women's featherweight semi-finals on Wednesday.
Lin, twice world champion, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif have been in the spotlight at the Olympics over a gender row that has dominated headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms. (Reuters)
ATHLETICS | Morocco's El Bakkali wins men's 3,000m steeplechase
Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali won the gold medal in the Olympic men's 3,000 metres steeplechase on Wednesday.
American Kenneth Rooks took silver and Kenya's Abraham Kibiwot claimed bronze. (Reuters)
BOXING | Cuba's Alvarez beats Oumiha to win men's lightweight gold medal
Erislandy Alvarez of Cuba beat France's Sofiane Oumiha by split decision in the final of the boxing men's lightweight category at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
Canada's Wyatt Sanford and Georgian Lasha Guruli claimed the two bronze medals on offer after losing their semi-final bouts against Oumiha and Alvarez respectively.