That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of India’s campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The campaign started well for India with the shooters getting us off the mark with three bronze medals.
Then there was heartbreak for Arjun Babuta, Anantjeet Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan in the mixed skeet event, Lakshya Sen, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat in archery, Mirabai Chanu – all finishing in fourth place in their respective events.
Uncertainty still remains about Vinesh Phogat, as her case for a silver medal in wrestling is still waiting a result at the Court of Arbitration of Sport.
There was heartbreak for the Indian men’s hockey team as well, as they lost narrowly to Germany in the semi-final. But then turned things around quickly in their come-from-behind bronze medal match win against Spain.
Neeraj Chopra, the darling of Indian athletics kept up his high standards with a silver medal in the men’s javelin event. And India’s final medal came through 21-year-old Aman Sehrawat, the youngest Indian to medal in an individual event at the Olympics.
In all, India won five bronze medals and a silver to take back home from Paris.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika Hooda's campaign comes to an end as the chance for a bronze for repechage also ends. Her opponent from the quarter-finals Aiperi Kyzy is defeated by Kennedy Blades in the semi-finals.
Golf, women’s individual: The women’s golf event is over and India’s Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finish well outside the medal places. Aditi, who endured a horror third round yesterday, had a much better day today but not good enough to take her into the top 3. She finishes tied 29 with a score of 290, 19 strokes behind bronze medal winner Janet Lin Xiyu of China. Diksha did not have a good day today with a triple bogey on the second hole and a double bogey on the third. She finishes tied 49 with a score of 301.
Golf, women's event, round 4: Diksha Dagar is also done for the Paris Olympics, finishing with 78 points in the fourth round for a total of 301. She is tied 49th.
Golf, women's event, round 4: Aditi Ashok finishes her campaign at the Olympics with an impressive fourth round score of 68, and she finishes with a total score of 290. As it stands, she's in tied 28th position – her third round score of 79 essentially derailed her campaign. Her final ranking will be determined later today once all the golfers are done with round 4.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika can still fight for the bronze via repechage if Kyzy makes the final. However, Kyzy’s next opponent is USA’s Kennedy Blades who has looked exceptional so far. Interestingly, Reetika had defeated Blades 9-2 in the U23 World Championships last year to win the gold. Sigh, this sport and the way it can laugh in your face. First, the manner of the loss in Reetika’s quarter-final and that her fate in Paris faces a threat because her opponent must face Blades.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Heartbreak for Reetika as Kyzy advances to the semi-final with a 1-1 win. Reetika was in it till the end and gave quite the fight to the Kyrgyzstani but the more experienced grappler prevailed by virtue of having scored the last point. One thing is certain though, Reetika has a great future ahead.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: The duo are locked in an arm-lock again and there are no points still. Kyzy has been far more defensive and after Reetika was placed on the clock, Reetika appaeared to be more aggressive and scored a point but they both cancelled each other out to be tied at 1-1 with one minute to go.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Early advantage for Reetika who is awarded a point as Kyzy fails to convert her passivity.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: It has been an aggressive and dynamic contest so far but no points for either wrestler so far.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika faces the top-seeded Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the quarter-final. Aiperi is a multiple-time Worlds medalist and is the current Asian Games gold medalist. She is more experienced than Reetika as she made it to the semi-finals in Tokyo 2021 but Reetika's performance so far has looked promising. Can she continue in that form?
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika will face Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the quarter-final. Aiperi is a multiple-time Worlds medalist and is the current Asian Games gold medalist. She is more experienced than Reetika as she made it to the semi-finals in Tokyo 2021 but can Reetika overcome the odds once again?
Golf, women’s individual Round 4: Aditi Ashok has made some strides on the final day, moving up into 36th place while Diksha Dagar has slipped down to joint 48th place.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika defeats Bernadett Nagy by technical superiority and a score of 12-2. Dominant stuff from the Rohtak native. It feels so good to see an Indian woman perform like that in the heavyweight categories! She widened the gap by 10 points with takedowns and almost had her pinned at one point. The unseeded Indian was just too good for Nagy to keep accumulating the points with takedowns and rolls. This looks promising as Reetika enters the quarter-finals.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Reetika locks her legs to take down Nagy and hold her down as she races to a lead of 8-2.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: The Hungarian fires back towards the end of the first period in response to Reetika's 4-point lead.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: Immense control for Reetika to be able to hold down Nagy after the takedown to take a 2-point lead.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: In action now is Reetika Hooda against Hungary's Bernadett Nagy, a 2022 U23 European champion in their first round. This is the first time an Indian woman has qualified for the heavyweight category.
Wrestling, women's 76kg: After Aman Sehrawat's bronze medal winning performance last night, U23 World Champion Reetika Hooda of India will take on Hungary's Bernadett Nagy, a 2022 U23 European champion. Reetika is the last Indian woman standing in wrestling and with no medal to show for the other three female wrestlers who participated in Paris, a lot of hopes will be on Hooda.
Samreen Razzaqui wrote about the promise the 22-year-old brings to the Indian pipeline with her golden run post the U23 World Championship gold last year.
Golf, women's event, round 4: It is the final day of the event today, and Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar are quite low in the leaderboard, tied 40 and tied 42 respectively. They were still within range of the top players after the first two days, but both struggled on Day 3 and have fallen down the ladder. Cannot say impossible, because stranger things have happened in sport. But it is highly improbable that they will walk away with a medal today.
Japan's Ami wins first Breaking gold
The urban sport of breaking spun its way onto the Olympic stage on Friday for the first and possibly last time, with Japan's B-Girl Ami winning the inaugural women's gold.
Breaking, better known as breakdancing, made its debut amid the grand elegance of Paris' Place de la Concorde, with 17 dancers known as B-Girls going head-to-head in a series of battles.
Ami, whose name is Ami Yuasa, beat Lithuania's Dominika "Nicka" Banevic in the final, with China's Liu "671" Qingyi taking bronze.
The sport's appearance at the Olympics could be a fleeting one however, having already been dropped from the Los Angeles 2028 programme and no guarantees it will return in the future.
Organisers ensured breaking made the most of its time in the spotlight in Paris, pumping up the volume for an excited crowd that included rapper Snoop Dogg.
The first contest of the day was between India Sardjoe of the Netherlands, known by her B-Girl name India, and Refugee Olympic Team competitor Talash.
Talash, whose real name is Manizha Talash, left Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to live in Spain two years ago and danced wearing a blue cape with "Free Afghan Women" printed on it. (AFP)
Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of Day 15 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
We’re coming to the closing stages of this edition of the Olympics, and the scramble for medals intensifies.
After the Indian wrestling contingent finally broke the deadlock with Aman Sehrawat’s bronze medal on Friday, Reetika Hooda will hope to win a second wrestling medal.
She will be in action today in the women’s 76kg event.
Also in action are golfers Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok, but both are way down the leaderboard and will have to hope for a miracle to get to a podium spot on the last day of the golf contest.
Stay tuned for live updates of the action in Paris.
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