Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony, Live Updates© X (Twitter)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Vinesh Phogat’s Verdict Live Updates: The suspense on Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s decision on wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal continues. Regarding the matter, United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic said, “I am so sorry for what happened, but no matter the size of your country, athletes are athletes. This weigh-in was public, everyone saw what happened. How can we allow someone to compete when we all saw what happened. We don’t have any other choice but to follow our rules.” Vinesh had filed to appeals after her disqualification from the Women’s 50kg event. Vinesh had appealed to be awarded a joint-silver, with the CAS accepting the appeeal. However, CAS said that the verdict would come by Saturday, 9:30PM IST. (Medals Tally)
Here are the Live Updates of Vinesh Phogat’s verdict and closing ceremony of Paris Olympics 2024:
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20:08 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Basketball: France eye revenge!
Fresh from the men’s team’s loss to USA in the gold medal match, France eye payback in the women’s gold medal match. They currently lead 38-33 with just over four minutes left in the 3rd quarter
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20:04 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Sebastian Coe eyeing IOC seat?
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted that he might give “serious thought” about throwing his hat into the ring to succeed Thomas Bach as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coe, whose third and final term as athletics chief ends in 2027, has long been suggested as a successor to Thomas Bach.
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20:02 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live: UWW’s take on Vinesh Phogat row!
As India waits for the results of wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s hearing at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic shared an important insight as far as the entire weigh-in controversy is concerned. “I am so sorry for what happened, but no matter the size of your country, athletes are athletes. This weigh-in was public, everyone saw what happened. How can we allow someone to compete when we all saw what happened. We don’t have any other choice but to follow our rules,” Lalovic told NDTV.
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19:39 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Cycling: Lavreysen makes history!
Harrie Lavreysen becomes the Netherlands’ most successful summer Olympian with a third Paris cycling gold in the men’s keirin, taking his tally to six. Meanwhile, Ellesse Andrews powered to the women’s sprint title to add to her keirin gold.
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19:33 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Water Polo: Serbia edge out Croatia!
An outstanding performance in the men’s water polo final sees Serbia take home their third consecutive gold meda. They beat Croatia 13-11
#BREAKING Serbia just beat Croatia in water polo 13 : 11 and took the gold at the Paris Olympics.
The Serbian team played an awesome game, proving their dominance over Croatians again. #Paris2024 #Olympics #Serbia pic.twitter.com/U4fgOAgacM
— Global Dissident (@GlobalDiss) August 11, 2024
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18:29 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Volleyball: Danes trump Germans!
Denmark take the gold medal in men’s volleyball, beating Germany 39-26 in the final. Juri Knorr with six strikes for his team to set up a comfortable victory.
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18:21 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Dutch take gold in women’s marathon!
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins the bronze in women’s marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri taking silver and bronze, respectively.
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18:17 (IST)
Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Hello!
Good evening and welcome to our Paris Olympics final day blog. We will continue our build-up to the closing cermony with all the updates from the medals event on the final day. We will also have our focus on the latest developments in Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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