Paris Olympics Day 12- Vinesh Phoghat’s disqualification became the headlines at Paris as India failed to add any medal on the day.
Mirabai Chanu finished fourth with a total lift of 199kg. She thus missed out on a historic second Olympic medal.
India’s Avinash Sable finished eleventh in the 3000m Steeplechase event. Earlier Avinash became the first Indian man to qualify for the 3000m Steeplechase at the Olympics.
But the heartbreaking news for the Indians was wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Women’s 50kg gold medal match. Vinesh failed to make weight on the morning of the bout as she was found to be 100gm overweight.
India Results- Paris Olympics Day 12
WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting 49kg– Mirabai Chanu finished 4th (Total lift of 199kg)
WRESTLING
Women’s Freestyle 50kg (Gold medal match)– Vinesh Phogat disqualified after failing to make weight
Women’s Freestyle 53kg (Round of 16)– Antim Panghal lost to Zeynep Yetgil 10-0
TABLE TENNIS
Women’s Team (Quarter Final)– India (Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath) lost 1-3 to Germany
ATHLETICS
Men’s High Jump (Qualification)- Sarvesh Kushare finished 25th
Women’s 100m Hurdles (Heat)- Jyothi Yarraji finished 7th
Mixed Team Marathon Race Walk– Suraj Panwar and Priyanka Goswami failed to finish
Women’s Javelin Throw– Annu Rani finished 15th (Best throw of 55.81m)
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase (Final)– Avinash Sable finishes 11th (8:14.18s)
Other Results- Paris Olympics Day 12
Brazil registered a stunning 4-2 win over world champion Spain in Women’s Football final.
Miltiadis Tentoglou became only the second man after Carl Lewis to win two consecutive Olympic long jump gold medal.
Cuban wrestler made Olympic history by becoming the first athlete to win five consecutive individual gold medals in the same event.
Medal Table- Paris Olympics Day 12
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| 1 | USA | 27 | 35 | 32 | 94 |
| 2 | China | 25 | 23 | 17 | 65 |
| 3 | Australia | 18 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | France | 13 | 16 | 20 | 49 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 12 | 17 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Japan | 12 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 8 | Italy | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Germany | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 67 | India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
