Paris Olympics 2024 Day 12 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat appeals for joint silver, Mirabai Chanu fails to grab weightlifting medal

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: That will be all for today as India really had a disappointing day at Paris. But tomorrow we will see the country's golden boy Neeraj Chopra in action. For more news and update stay tuned with moneycontrol.com.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: As reported by RevSportz, Mirabai Chanu in Mixed Zone said: "I am on the third day of my periods. Had weakness. This affected my game. I gave my best. Wasn't my day."

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: UWW chief Lalovic on Vinesh Phogat's appeal - "I have nothing against that (India's appeal) but I know the outcome," he was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times. "I don't see anything that can be done. It is the competition's rules and I really don't think it is possible (to overturn the decision)," he added.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: India's final act of the day ends in disappointment as Avinash Sable finishes 11th in the men's 3000m steeplechase finals. He manages a time of 8:14.18.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu finishes fourth in the women's 49kg weightlifting competition. She manages a total of 199kgs (88kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk).

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu fails to lift 114kg in her third attempt in the clean and jerk round, which slips her to fourth. So she bows out of Paris Olympics without a medal.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu fails to lift the 111kg bar in her first attempt of the clean and jerk round.

She, however, manages to lift the weight in her second attempt. This takes Mirabai Chanu to the third position.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu has raised the bar weight to 111kg for her first attempt in the clean and snatch round.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Big news coming in from Paris as Vinesh Phogat has made an appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) for a joint silver after her Olympic disqualification due to overweight in the women's 50kg freestyle wresting. Verdict will be out tomorrow (Thursday).

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu is at the joint-third position after the snatch round.

Here are the Top 3 from snatch round:

Romania's Mihaela Cambei: 93kg

China's Hou Zhihui: 89kg

India's Mirabai Chanu: 88kg

Thailand's Surodchana Khambao:  88kg

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: A confident demeanour by Mirabai Chanu as she lifts 88kg weight in her third attempt. This will be her highest lift after the snatch round, which is still underway.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu fails to lift 88kg in her second attempt. This keeps her at the 85kg mark. One more lift left in the snatch round.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu will now go for 88kg in her second attempt. This is the women's 49kg weightlifting event.

Olympics Day 12 weightlifting Live Updates: There could have nothing more clinical then Mirabai Chanu's first lift. She lifts the 85kg weight comfortably, following which she drops the barbell on the floor. She leaves with a gracious smile, exuding a lot of confidence.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: The Women’s 49kg weightlifting is underway and India's Mirabai Chanu will start with 85kg lift in snatch round.

The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist will begin with 107kg lift in the clean and jerk round.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu will compete in the Women's 49kg weightlifting competition, which starts at 11:00 pm.

Also Read: Why Mirabai Chanu nurses strong hopes of a second Olympic medal in Paris

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Women's national coach Virender Dahiya and Manjeet Rani met Vinesh Phogat, following heartbreaking disqualification at the Paris Games.

"It sent a shockwave through the wrestling contingent. The girls were feeling pretty low after the news broke. We met Vinesh and tried to console her. She was brave. She told us, 'it's hard luck that we missed the medal, but it is part of the game'," Dahiya was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: As fingers have been pointed at Vinesh Phogat's coaching staff, lets take a look at who helps with her training.

Woller Akos, is her personal coach from Belgium. Previously she has also worked with South African mental conditioning coach Wayne Lombard.

WFI demands action against support staff attached with Vinesh Phogat

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Less than three hours after Vinesh Phogat had been disqualified, Antim Panghal – India's representative in the 53kg category – was overpowered 10-0 by Turkey’s Zeynep Yetgil in just 101 seconds. The sorry episode raises multiple questions about the competence of the support staff.

Vinesh Phogat and Antim Panghal fiascos an object lesson in how not to prepare for a big fight

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Meanwhile, India's Annu Rani failed to qualify for the women's javelin final. Her best throw was recorded at 55.81m, which was her first attempt.

In her other two attempts she could manage 53.22m and 53.55m.

The qualification standar mark for the event was 62.00m or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to final.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: WFI chief Sanjay Singh's comments on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification:

"I have held a conversation with IOA (Indian Olympic Association) and UWW (United World Wrestling) and asked them for some relaxation. I don't think Vinesh is at fault here.

"She was performing wonderfully, and the entire responsibility here is of her coach and the supporting staff. A probe should be done on how her weight increased.

"I urge the central government to take strict action against them (the coach and the supporting staff)."

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Nenad Lalovic - the head of United World Wrestling (UWW), the international wrestling governing body, shares his comments on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification. Here is what he had to say:

"I'm so sad that what happened to her (Vinesh Phogat). She had overweight, a very small one but the rules are rules. All the athletes are there and it's impossible to let someone compete who doesn't make the weight."

She won fair and square in the first few games, can't she allowed to compete further?

"Impossible because the the brackets are changing and anyway rules are rules. Everybody who goes know they have a second weigh-in the next day. I don't see anything that can be done."

Will the rules be reviewed in future to avoid such instances?

"No. I believe that we should be more strict on that. Because we have a problem that wrestlers are losing too much weight. And it's not good for their health. Many see their interest at the moment but they don't see what happened to those people in 20-30 years.

"We want athletes to complete in their natural way, that's the idea. And this is when they make the best performance. Unfortunately it's a second case here. We had the Italian girl wrestler (Emanuela Liuzzi) the previous day, who didn't make the way and she didn't compete.

However, that was not in the medal round?

"No difference. The weigh-in it's public, it's recorded and everybody can see. What can I do? I'm really so sad. I understand the winners very disappointment."

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha met Vinesh Phogat at the Olympic Village polyclinic. Here is the first picture of the grappler in short hair:

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: The Indian women's table tennis team endured a tough 1-3 loss against Germany in the quarterfinal.

Match 1: Sreeja Akula and Archata Kamath vs Xiaona Shan and Yuan Wan (India lost 1-3; 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 6-11)

Match 2: Manika Batra vs Annett Kaufmann (India lost 1-3;  11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 5-11)

Match 3: Archana Kamath vs Xiaona Shan (India won 3-1; 19-17, 1-11, 11-5, 11-9)

Match 4: Sreeja Akula vs Annett Kaufmann (India lost 0-3; 6-11, 7-11, 7-11)

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Nita Ambani, IOC member and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, also shares words of encouragement for Vinesh after she was disqualified from the Paris Olympics. "Today, the entire nation shares Vinesh’s pain and heartbreak. She is a champion fighter, and I have no doubt that she will come back stronger. She has shown time and again that her strength lies not only in her incredible victories but also in her ability to rise over adversity. Vinesh, you are an inspiration for generations to come, especially to young girls and their parents, showing them the power of dreams and perseverance. Your spirit shines brighter than any medal. We are all with you."

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Antim Panghal goes down 0-10 against Turkey's Zeynep Yetgil in the women's freestyle 1/8 53kg final match. Zeynep wrapped the bout in Period 1.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: India's Priyanka Goswami and Suraj Panwar "did not finish" in the Marathon Race Walk Relay.

USA's Sarah Hildebrandt, who was Vinesh's opponent in the final, will now meet Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman in the gold medal match. Guzman had endured a 0-5 loss against the Indian in women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling semifinal.

Find complete details | Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez replaces Indian grappler in wrestling 50kg finals

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates:  Vinesh Phogat's weight check was done this morning and the grappler was apparently a few grams above the 50kg mark.

According to the very clear rules that pertain to wrestling, competitors must meet the weight on both mornings that they compete. Despite her most rigorous efforts, Vinesh couldn’t shed the last few grams.

Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Paris Olympics: A complete explainer on wrestling weigh-in rules

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: A PTI report citing sources said that the Prime Minister spoke with IOA chief PT Usha to understand the sequence of events. He has reportedly asked PT Usha to lodge a strong protest against Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: As per India Today, Vinesh Phogat has been hospitalised due to dehydration. The report adds she has fainted. She has been rushed to hospital as her health condition dips. The report mentions that Vinesh worked out overnight the two kilograms she had gained.

Olympics Day 12 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sends a message to Vinesh Phogat after disqualification.

"Vinesh, you are a champion among champions! You are India's pride and an inspiration for each and every Indian.

Today's setback hurts. I wish words could express the sense of despair that I am experiencing.

At the same time, I know that you epitomise resilience. It has always been your nature to take challenges head on.

Come back stronger! We are all rooting for you," PM Modi wrote on 'X'.

It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand: Indian Olympic Association

The Day 12 of the Paris Olympics started with a huge setback for India as it is learnt that Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics. She failed to make the weight cut on the morning of her 50kg gold medal bout.

This is because the grappler failed to make the weight on the morning of her 50 kg gold medal bout. This is a major heartbreak for India as Vinesh was one of India's biggest medal hopes in the Paris Olympics after she stormed into the wrestling final on Tuesday.

The Indian women's table tennis team comprising Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, and Archana Girish Kamath will take on Germany in the quarterfinal. The girls had clinched a 3-2 win against Romania earlier this week.

Avinash Sable after finishing fifth in his respective heat earlier in the week will hope for an even better outing on Wednesday as he takes part in the men's 3000m steeplechase final.

Annu Rani will be leading India in the women's javelin throw qualification. Another emerging star to look out for is Jyothi Yarraji, who takes part in the women's 100m hurdles.

On Day 12, India once again will have shot at medals with the spotlight mostly on Manipuri weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. She takes part in the Women's 49kg division and will hope to repeat her feat from Tokyo 2020.

India had quite an extraordinary day at the Paris Olympics with Vinesh Phogat scripting history. The Indian grappler became the first female from the country to win a medal at the Olympics. Apart from Vinesh, India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra was impressive too. Neeraj finished on the top spot in the men's javelin qualification with a 89.34m throw.

Welcome to the live blog of day-12 of Paris Olympics 2024 where Indian athletes will look to increase the medal tally after Vinesh Phogat and Neeraj Chopra scripted history yesterday.