Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra Calls Vinesh Phogat’s Effort On Mat ‘Extraordinary’, Wishes Wrestler For Medal
Vinesh Phogat defeated Ukraine's Oksana Livach and Yui Susaki of Japan on the same day to march into the semifinals of women’s 50kg category.
Paris: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra congratulated Vinesh Phogat on her emphatic victory over Yui Susaki in the adult females’s 50kg pre-quarterfinals on the Paris Olympics 2024 and termed her feat ‘such a lot of’. The two Neeraj and Phogat shined in their respective routines concerns to do on the day. When as Neeraj produced a season’s best effort of 89.34m in his very first try out in the males’s javelin qualification round, the Indian wrestler later cruised into the semifinals with a win over Ukraine’s Oksana Livach in her final-eight conflict.
“It in indubitably actuality is such a lot of. To beat Susaki is unreal. The hardship she has put in indicates. After what she has been just by I pray for her that she wins a medal. All best to her,” Neeraj suggested reporters in the blended area after his match. Phogat pulled off the biggest upset by procedure of outwitting hitherto invincible Susaki with a flawlessly planned approach.
The Tokyo Games gold medallist and 4-time World Champion Susaki had now not lost any of her Eighty two bouts in her international occupation on the replacement hand the Japanese pinnacle seed rarely had an conception as to what was once about to hit her in the opener which she lost 2-3. Later, Vinesh quelled the mission of former European champion and 2018 world championship bronze-medallist Livach 7-5 in the quarterfinal.
Having persisted two Olympic coronary heart-breaks, the feisty 29-12 months-ancient, is now simplest one win far off from guaranteeing her maiden Olympic medal. Vinesh has every medal in her cabinet which incorporates three CWG gold, an Asian Games title, eight Asian Championship medals to settle upon two World Championship bronze on the replacement hand Olympic success eluded her each instances in Rio and Tokyo.
Then as soon as more, a lot like his effectivity in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-12 months-ancient Neeraj crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw to occupy the pinnacle spot in Team B. The fantastic effort, which is the 2nd best of his occupation, additionally set aside problems surrounding Chopra’s fitness after he revealed that he had been combating an adductor niggle in the build-up to the Games.
His exclusive best remains to be 89.94m done lower to come back in 2022. The other Indian in fray, Kishore Jena, bowed out of opponents to make the 12-man final on Thursday after managing a hazardous throw of eighty.73m. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who's the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, additionally certified for the finals with a throw of 86.59m in Team B.
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