Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights Updates, 9th August - AMAN SEHRAWAT WINS BRONZE!! Aditi and Diksha endure torrid day; Both 4x400m teams bow out of Olympics

Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights, 9th August - Aman Sehrawat won bronze for India on Day 14, while Aditi and Diksha had a day to forget in the golf field and both 4x400m teams got knocked out. Follow Sportskeeda for every update on Paris Olympics 2024.

And with that, we come to the end of another day's coverage at the Paris Olympics 2024! There wasn't much activity as far as the Indian contingent was concerned but Aman Sehrawat widened our smiles with a sixth medal for the country and the first by an Indian wrestler at these Games. His achievement now means that it's five Olympic Games on the bounce where India have managed to win a wrestling medal.

It wasn't to be for both the men and women in the 4x400m relay heats as both teams suffered an exit to bring India's Athletics campaign to a close. It wasn't a good outing for golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar either as they now stand tied 40th and tied 42nd respectively at the end of Round 3, diminishing their chances of a medal in the process.

But the day belonged to Sehrawat, who has now become the youngest Indian individual medalist at the Olympics. Six medals against India's name now and three of them have come in the last two days alone. Oh, there was of course that wonderful moment where Neeraj Chopra was conferred with his silver medal for a throw of 89.45m in the men's javelin final.

That's that for today but we shall return tomorrow to kickstart the final weekend of the Paris Olympics 2024. The golfers aside, only one other Indian will be in action - wrestler Reetika Hooda will take part in the RO16 clash while she will play her quarterfinal and semifinal bouts too should she progress that far. Can she bring India a seventh medal and equal the overall tally from Tokyo 2020? Do join us to find out and stay tuned to Sportskeeda for further updates and coverage from Paris 2024. For the moment, on behalf of the entire team here, we wish you a good night and a happy weekend. See you again tomorrow!

Shortly after winning the gold medal in the men's javelin final, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem was seen acknowledging Indian fans with the tricolor and also posed for pictures. Here's a watch!👇

[Watch] Arshad Nadeem acknowledges Indian fans with tri-colour flag during his victory lap, poses for pictures

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

'If it was easy, everyone would do it' - that's the saying on Aman Sehrawat's wall in his room at home with the Indian tricolor and a gold medal beside it as well. He may not have bagged a gold here in Paris but for a 21-year old to script history as the youngest Indian individual medalist at the Olympics is something. What a debut campaign for him at the Olympic Games! Lest we forget, he was the only Indian male wrestler in Paris and he will return home with a medal.

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman Sehrawat becomes the 1st wrestler from India to win a medal at Paris 2024 Olympics. He has secured the bronze medal with an emphatic 13-5 win in the bronze medal match against Darian Cruz! 6th medal for India!

FINAL SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 13 - 5 Darian Cruz, Aman wins the bronze medal!

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman shows no sign of relenting! He pushes his Puerto Rican opponent out of bounds. 1 more point to the Indian wrestler.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 13 - 5 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

2 more takedown from Aman. The lead is up to 7 points now! This should be an easy win for Aman, with less than a minute to go.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 12 - 5 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

The back and forth continues as Cruz charges in with full force and executes a takedown to earn 2 points. As the match resumes after the break, Aman floors his opponent and tries to roll him over, but he fails to do so. Nevertheless, Aman gets 2 points for the takedown.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 8 - 5 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman steals 2 more points just before the half time buzzer hits. The Indian wrestler ends the first half with a lead of 3 points.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 6 - 3 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Darian hits back with a takedown, and Aman responds with a takedown of his own. 2 points each to both wrestlers in the last 20 seconds!

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 4 - 3 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman Sehrawat bounces back with a solid attack. He floors his Puerto Rican opponent with a brilliant takedown and earns 2 points for the same.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 2 - 1 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Darian grabs Aman's left leg straightaway and then drags him out of the ring. Easy point for the Puerto Rican in the 1st minute.

SCORE - Aman Sehrawat 0 - 1 Darian Cruz

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

29-year-old Darian Toi Cruz is out first in red. 21-year-old Aman Sehrawat makes his way out to the middle in blue next. Aman is seeded fifth, while Darian is unseeded.

ATHLETICS

Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra has received his silver medal! A proud-looking Neeraj wearing the Indian olympic tracksuit holds his medal up to showcase his incredible achievement! What a feat for Neeraj - at a young age he's achieved so much and immortalised himself in the world of Indian Sports!

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman's opponent in the bronze medal match, Darian Cruz also got eliminated from the main rounds after a defeat against Rei Higuchi in the quarterfinals. Rei beat him 12-2, while Darin defeated Gamal Mohamed by 4-1 in the Round of 16.

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

Aman Sehrawat made a confident start to his Paris 2024 Olympics campaign yesterday, where he defeated Vladimir Egorov and Zelimkhan Abakarov in the first two rounds. Unfortunately for Aman, he could not secure a silver or gold medal as Japan's Rei Higuchi defeated him 10-0 in the semifinal clash.

WRESTLING - Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal Match

We are just a few minutes away from Aman Sehrawat's bronze medal match in men's freestyle wrestling 57 kg category. Aman will be up against Darian Cruz from Puerto Rico in this medal match.

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GOLF - Women's Round 3

A day to forget for both Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar and they have all but removed themselves from contention for a medal at the Paris Olympics with today's performance. Here's a look at how it transpired for them:

Aditi Ashok:
Total Score: +6
Today's Score: +7
Rank: Tied for 40th

Starting the day with a score of -1, Aditi Ashok had two bogeys each in holes 3 & 4. She recovered with two birdies in the next two holes. What followed was a double bogey in hole 7 and bogeys in holes 8, 9, 12, 13 & 15 which basically undid all the hard work she had put over the past two days.

Diksha Dagar:
Total Score: +7
Today's Score: +8
Rank: Tied for 42nd

Similar to Aditi, Diksha too started with a score of -1 today but lost the plot. Not a single birdie for her today. She scored bogeys in each of holes 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Just when she thought her day couldn't get any worse, a triple bogey in hole 15 completely ruined her scores.

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PV Sindhu welcomed Neeraj Chopra to the two individual Olympics medal club with a message on social media. Read below 👇

PV Sindhu greets Neeraj Chopra with a heartwarming message as the Indian javelin star claims his second Olympic medal at Paris 2024

After breaking the Olympic record and winning gold, here is what Arshad Nadeem posted on social media 👇

Arshad Nadeem pens emotional tribute after claiming historic gold at Paris 2024 Olympics

GOLF - Women's Round 2

Here's the updated scores for the Indian golfers:

Aditi Ashok:
Completed: 12 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +5
Total Score: +4
Rank: Tied for 34th

Diksha Dagar:
Completed: 12 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +5
Total Score: +4
Rank: Tied for 34th

GOLF - Women's Round 2

Here's the updated scores for the Indian golfers:

Aditi Ashok:
Completed: 8 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +3
Total Score: +2
Rank: Tied for 23rd

Diksha Dagar:
Completed: 8 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +3
Total Score: +2
Rank: Tied for 23rd

GOLF - Women's Round 2

Here's the updated scores for the Indian golfers:

Aditi Ashok:
Completed: 6 holes out of 18
Today's Score: 0
Total Score: -1
Rank: Tied for 13th

Diksha Dagar:
Completed: 6 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +1
Total Score: 0
Rank: Tied for 17th

GOLF - Women's Round 2

Here's the updated scores for the Indian golfers:

Aditi Ashok:
Completed: 4 holes out of 18
Today's Score: +2
Total Score: +1
Rank: Tied for 19th

Diksha Dagar:
Completed: 3 holes out of 18
Today's Score: 0
Total Score: -1
Rank: Tied for 13th

GOLF - Women's Round 2

Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar's Round 3 is underway! Here's how it's gone so far in the day for them:

Aditi Ashok:
Completed: 1 hole out of 18
Today's Score: 0
Total Score: -1
Rank: Tied for 13th

Diksha Dagar:
Completed: 2 holes out of 18
Today's Score: 0
Total Score: -1
Rank: Tied for 13th

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Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

The Indian team misses out on the finals by half-a-second. A brilliant performance from the team with a season-best timing of 3:00:58 finishing fifth in their heat. However, the first heat had Japan at 2:59:48 and Zambia at 3:00:08 as mentioned earlier and those two will go through as the non-automatic qualifiers with Italy and India missing out from the second heat at 4th and 5th spot. They were 11th across the two heats combined and this was agonizingly close as the next three teams had just 0.5 seconds separating them. Just half a second, that is what prevents the Indian men's relay team from a place in the Olympic Finals, absolute heartbreak for them!

Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Muhammad Anas Yahiya will run the first leg for the Indians with Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Amoj Jacob and Rajesh Ramesh to follow in that order. The athletes are at their marks with the batons in their hands and the race is about to get underway.

Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Botswana, Great Britain and USA make it through from Heat 1. Zambia are at fifth place with a timing of 3:00:08, so the Indian team will definitely need to do better than their Season-Best of 3:03:23 to get past Zambia and look to sneak in through the non-automatic qualifiers.

Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

The Indian Men's team of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Amoj Jacob and Rajesh Ramesh will be coming out in Heat 2 just like the women did. However, they will be expected to put in a much better show and push for the Finals. Same rules here as well - top-3 in each heat along with the next two fastest across both the heats qualify for the Finals.

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

The Indian team finishes a disappointing last in Heat 2 with a timing of 3:32:51. They will not be able to make it through to the finals and they finish on the 17th spot out of 18 only ahead Cuba across the two heats.

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Two laps done as Jyothika hands over the baton to Poovamma, the Indian team is in the last position and need something miraculous.

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Right then, India is in Lane 2 with Vithya Ramraj to start things off. The race is all set to get underway. Jyothika Sri Dandi, Poovamma Raju Machettira and Subha Venkatesan will be the athletes in that order after Vithya.

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

The first heat has finished with USA, Great Britain and France taking the automatic qualifications. Spain is at the fifth spot with a timing of 3:28:29 and the Indian team will need to better that at the least if they fail to make the top-3 in their heat. They have a season best of 3:28:64

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Just to let you know, there are only 2 heats in the Women's 4x400 m qualification round with 9 teams in each heat. Top-3 from each heat along with the next 2 fastest across both the heats will move to the finals.

Women's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1

Vithya Ramraj, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Poovamma Raju Machettira and Subha Venkatesan will be representing India in the Women's 4x400m Relay. The Indians will be in Heat 2 which will follow the first heat slated at 2:10 PM IST.

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