Susaki was leading 1-0 at the end of the first period, but Vinesh made a brilliant turnaround in the second period, outdoing her Japanese opponent by miles to secure a 3-2 win to make way to QFs.
The Indian men's hockey team will play world champions Germany in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 semi-finals while India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra starts his title defence in the men's javelin throw event on Tuesday.
In the round of 16, Nisha had defeated Tetiana Sova by 6-4 at the Champs de Mars Arena. Nisha could just make it to the quarterfinals in her debut Olympics.
The two-time Olympian Vinesh, who will be competing in the women's 50 kg freestyle category during the Olympics, will be unseeded, as per Olympics.com.
Vinesh has sought financial assistance towards a competition and training camp in Madrid, Spain followed by a training camp in Boulogne sur-Mer, France. She is set to compete in the Grand Prix, in Spain, in July before spending a week in training there before heading to Boulogne sur-Mer, Fra
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat's proposal to include strength and conditioning coach Wayne Patrick Lombard for the international training camp in Hungary from June 10 to 21
This news finally clears the air around trials for the Paris Olympics 2024. Earlier, there were media reports that trials could be conducted for the selection of wrestlers for the event. World Championships medalist Vinesh Phogat had urged the WFI, Centre and Indian Olympic Association (I
Vinesh took to X to make this appeal to the centre, WFI, the Indian Olympic Association and the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She first expressed happiness with the fact that India secured a total of six 2024 Olympics quotas in wrestling and congratulated the quota winners as their "ha