Day 13 Highlights:
1.45 AM: India grabbed 2 medals on Day 13 to move up to 63rd position thanks to Neeraj Chopra's silver and the men's hockey bronze. This was by far the best day for India in the ongoing Summer Games after several days of tears and heartbreaks.
1.14 AM: Arshad Nadeem creates history as he becomes the first gold medalist from Pakistan in Athletics, breaking the Olympic record with his 2nd throw of 92.97m. He finished his campaign with the last throw that also crossed the 90m-mark.
1.13 AM: Neeraj Chopra finishes with a sub-80m throw to finish second in the men's javelin final.
1.03 AM: Another foul from Neeraj Chopra, 3 in a row now for the defending Olympic champion. He has 1 last throw to defend his title.
12.34 AM: Neeraj Chopra fouls for the second time. He's done with 3 attempts and just 2 remaining. It was actually a clean throw but Chopra just wasn't satisfied with it which is why he went over the white line to foul it intentionally.
12.29 AM: Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem maintains his lead but manages 88.72m in his third attempt. German star Julian Webber to follow.
12.20 AM: Neeraj Chopra responds with his season's best throw of 89.45 meters to take the second position. He has 3 more throws remaining and is still second behind Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem.
12.17 AM: Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem stuns the world with a massive throw of 92.97m to take the lead by a huuuuuge margin over the rest of the pack.
12.10 AM: Neeraj lost his balance after launching his javelin, accidentally stepping over the white line. The red flag went up, so his first throw didn’t count. But no worries—he’s got five more chances to hang onto that gold medal!
12.05 AM: Shocking start from Neeraj Chopra as he fouls in his first attempt in the men's javelin final. Over 1.4 billion eyeballs are on the golden boy from Haryana but he begins with a rare mistake. Fingers crossed!
12 AM: And Now Begins the main event for India! The Men's Javelin Final where Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra is the defending champion.
9:52 PM: Aman Sehrawat lost 0-10 to Rei Higuchi Of Japan under three minutes. Sehrawat to fight for bronze medal.
7:17 PM: 4th Medal for India! Men's hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 to win a bronze.
6:49 PM: India maintains a lead 2-1 over Spain after third quarter. One more quarter to go to decide India's fate in the bronze medal match.
6:28 PM: Harmanpreet Kaur netted his second goal to give India 2-1 lead over Spain in the third quarter
6:14 PM: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helps India level the score 1-1 against Spain at the stroke of 2nd half.
5:55 PM: Skipper Marc Miralles gave Spain a lead over India in the second quarter
5:50 PM: India held on to goalless first quarter against Spain. Both sides put on strong defensive attacks to prevent from conceding a goal.
5:30 PM: The bronze medal match between India and Spain gets underway
4:00 pm: Aman Sehrawat crushes Zelimkhan Abakarov by 12-0 to progress to the semi-final of men's Freestyle 57 KG bout.
3:19 pm: Aman Sehrawat wins his bout in the Freestyle 57 KG pre-quarterfinal contest, but Anshu Malik loses.
2:30 pm: Jyothi Yarraji finishes 4th in Repechage – Heat 1 of 100m women’s hurdles, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.
1:33 pm: Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok at 4th and 12th, respectively.
12:30 pm: Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok compete in Golf.
India have an excellent chance to add their medal tally when day 13 of the Paris 2024 Olympics gets underway on Thursday (August 8th, 2024). Track and field Neeraj Chopra has an opportunity to win his 2nd consecutive Olympic gold, while the Indian men's hockey team will lock horns against Spain in a bronze medal fixture the same day.
Neeraj sealed his place in the final of the men's javelin throw final round with aplomb, registering a season-best throw of 89.34 meters. The 26-year-old has had a meteoric rise since winning gold in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. He also won the biggest prize during the 2023 World Athletics with a throw of 88.17 meters.
The image of skipper Harmanpreet Singh being down on his knees was indeed heartbreaking as India squandered a chance of winning gold. However, even a semi-final defeat to Germany hasn't finished off India's medal hopes. A bronze medal still remains up for grabs when the Men in Blue faces Spain on Thursday. A bronze medal will be a fitting end to goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, who will retire after this Olympics.
