Hyderabad: The 12th day of Paris Olympics 2024 was a dark day for India. India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who reached the finals in the women's 50 kg wrestling match, was disqualified from the final round for weighing 100 gram more than permissible weight. As a result, the dream of Indians who were expecting gold in wrestling was dashed. Apart from her, women's table tennis crashed out of the tournament with disappointing outing in the quarterfinal clash. H
owever, as they say, every new day bring new opportunities, 13th day of the ongoing Paris Olympics has bring few exciting opportunities for the Indian athletes to make India proud. The expectations are high from Neeraj Chopra, who recorded the his best Olympics throw in qualification round, to repeat the history, clinching the back-to-back gold medals for India. The Indian hockey team will also be vying for the consecutive bronze medals in Olympics.
India's Schedule On Day 13 (August 8)
Golf
- Women's Singles Round-2 (Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar) - 12:30 PM
Golfers Aditi Ashok and Deeksha Dagar will be participating in the Women's Individual Stroke Play Round-2 event. The country is looking forward to an impressive performance from these two talented women golfers. Sports enthusiats hope that Aditi Ashok, who finished fourth in the last Tokyo Olympics, will create history, becoming the first India to win a medal for India in golf.
Athletics
- Women's 100m Hurdles Repechage Round (Jyoti Yarraji) - 02:05 PM