Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei won the gold medal in the women's featherweight boxing category at the Paris Olympics following her 5-0 win over Poland's Julia Szeremeta in the summit clash.
Vinesh Phogat's CAS hearing has been deferred to August 13 as the whole of India awaits the final decision regarding her appeal for a shared Silver medal while Abhinav Bindra received the Olympic Order honour at the IOC Session in Paris. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on August 11.
Abhinav Bindra gave words of encouragement to the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics. He gave pep talks to the shooters before their qualifying and medal events and also consoled those athletes who missed out on winning a medal in their respective categories.
Parattu Raveendran (PR) Sreejesh played a significant role in helping India defend its bronze medal. Sreejesh made numerous remarkable saves during the bronze medal match against Spain to ensure India won the game 2-1.
New Zealand athlete Hamish Kerr won the jump-off against the USA's Shelby McEwen to win the men's high jump event at the Paris Olympics. However, the path to the Gold medal for the Kiwi high jumper wasn't easy as he had a foul start where he jumped under the bar instead of over it.
India's first individual Olympic Gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, received the prestigious Olympic Order at the 142nd IOC session in Paris. Bindra won Gold in men's 10m air rifle at the Beijing Games in 2008 and has been involved with the Olympics and his foundation to promote the sport since then.
India has won six medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. Manu Bhaker won two medals at the Games, while Neeraj Chopra also clinched a silver.
The closing ceremony, named 'Records', will take place at the Stade de France stadium in front of an expected 80,000 crowd. The opening ceremony took place at the River Seine but the closing ceremony will be back to its original form. Here is how you can watch the ceremony in India.
Neeraj Chopra clinched a silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 as he finished second to Arshad Nadeem in the final. Neeraj sent his Javelin to 89.45m, a distance fairly away from Arshad's 92.97m mark in the Javelin final at the Games. Neeraj is looking to remain injury-free to touch the 90m mark.
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from her 50kg women's freestyle event after being found overweight by 100 grams ahead of her final. Vinesh announced her retirement from wrestling after this heartbreak. She had also filed an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a silver medal.
Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat beat Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz to clinch the bronze medal in the 57 kg freestyle wrestling event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Friday. The 21-year-old Indian wrestler clinched a 13-5 victory over Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz to clinch the bronze medal.
Aman Sehrawat became the youngest individual medallist from India when he bagged a bronze in men's 57kg wrestling at the Paris Olympics. Aman's medal was the first wrestling medal for India at the ongoing Games. PM Narendra Modi made a phone call to the wrestler.
Olympics 2024: Reetika Hooda gave a huge scare to the top-seeded Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan but went down to lose her quarterfinal bout despite the scoreline being 1-1 level. Check was she was not declared the winner despite not trailing on points to Aiperi.
Reetika Hooda had earlier defeated Hungary's Bernadett Nagy in her opening bout in the 76kg category. The Indian wrestler defeated her opponent in the round of 16 bout to make her way into the quarterfinals.
Vinesh Phogat's excellent run in Paris came to a standstill after her weight exceeded the permissible limit in the 50kg category. As per the rules, Vinesh was not allowed to compete in her gold medal bout.
A video of the 'Dasvi' actor hugging and congratulating Neeraj Chopra during the post-match celebration is doing rounds on social media. The 26-year-old athlete clinched Silver in the men's javelin event at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Vinesh Phogat has won medals for the country at the World Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games but her illustrious career is still devoid of an Olympic medal.
Aman Sehrawat defeated Macedonia's Vladimir Egorov 10-0 based on technical superiority to kickstart his campaign at the Paris Olympics. He suffered a heartbreak in the semifinal at the hands of Rei Higuchi of Japan.
The Indian men's hockey team defeated Spain in the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics 2-1. Harmanpreet Singh was the star of India's campaign in Paris as he finished as the leading goal-scorer of the tournament.
India TV Sports Wrap on August 10: From all the Olympics action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on August 10.
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