Paris Olympics 2024 Day 14 Highlights: Aman Sehrawat wins bronze, India's medal tally climbs to 6

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: The live blog comes to an end as India wraps Day 14 on a high. Aman Sehrawat, who had a shot at bronze, gets the medal in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling to take the medal tally to six.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Aman Sehrawat on winning bronze at the Paris Olympics.

"More pride thanks to our wrestlers!

Congratulations to Aman Sehrawat for winning the Bronze Medal in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the Paris Olympics. His dedication and perseverance are clearly evident. The entire nation celebrates this remarkable feat," the PM wrote on 'X'.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Darian Cruz starts Period 2 by taking two technical points.

Aman, however, returns the favour soon and takes the next two technical point. The India is leading 8-5 and we have a medical pause as Cruz receives treatment.

Aman then extends his lead to 10-5. Aman is now executing his plans perfectly as he secures another two points.

One more point for Aman.

The Indian wins the bronze medal bout 13-5.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico gets hold on Aman's leg, as the Indian tries to rescue himself. However, he is pushed out of the playing zone, which gives Cruz the opening point.

Aman then grabbed two technical points to take the lead.

Cruz doesn't give up and once again gets hold of Aman's leg and gets two points, to restore the one-point lead.

Aman takes two technical points, and gets two more to make it 6-3 after Period 1.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Aman Sehrawat is in action in the bronze medal match in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling event.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: As per reports, Vinesh Phogat's hearing was done in two rounds. The operational outcome will be out very soon. Detailed result later.

The Indian camp is hopeful of the outcome and say the arguments went strong.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: If we look at Aman Sehrawat's previous achievements, the grappler has won U23 world championship. He has a gold in Asian Championships and a bronze at the Asian Games.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Aman Sehrawat competes in place of Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, who missed out on the ticket to Paris after losing to the former in the selection trials held in March for the Paris Games. Aman had won 14-13 in the trials held in Patiala.

Ravi, however, had a torrid 2023 as he spent a significant amount of time on the sidelines due to a knee injury, for which he also underwent surgery in July.

Aman had earned a quota to take part in the Olympics. He competed in three quota competitions and sealed the berth at the world qualifiers in February.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: The wrestling 57kg bronze medal bout between Aman Sehrawat and Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico is scheduled to begin at 10:45pm.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: On Saturday, Reetika Hooda will become the first Indian woman to represent India in the 76kg heavyweight wrestling category at the Paris Olympics.

Reetika used to compete in the 72kg event previously but it was a non-Olympic category. She has done exceptionally well in this division, securing a bronze at the Asian Championships last year.

However, she switched to 76kg to make a cut for the Paris Olympics. The transition has been successful so far. She won a gold at the U23 World Championships last year and securing the Paris 2024 quota at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in April 2024.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Japan’s Rei Higuchi who defeated Aman Sehrawat in the semifinals will be in action for the gold medal. However, did you know the Japanese too faced a similar problem, which Vinesh Phogat is currently dealing with.

Higuchi had failed to qualify for Tokyo 2020 after being overweight by 50 grams in the 57-kg division at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Almaty.

In Vinesh's case, she reached the gold medal bout fair and square but was disqualified from competing further in the Olympics after missing the cut by 100 grams. This was at the weigh-in, which was conducted on the morning of her gold medal bout.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: In India's final act of the day we have Aman Sehrawat, who has a shot at bronze. He takes on Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico in the bronze medal bout in men's 57kg freestyle wrestling.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates:  A report in WION disclosed the grounds on which Vinesh Phogat appealed for a joint silver medal to CAS. As per the report, three arguments that were highlighted in the petition are:

- "Uphold the fundamental right of athletes to their physical integrity"

- "There was no fraud committed and the disqualification was against the hard work that took her to the gold match"

- "Vinesh didn't commit fraud during the competition"

Vinesh Phogat's appeal to CAS for joint silver: Find latest updates on the development

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Day 13 saw India win two medals at the Olympics but what was even bigger was Arshad Nadeem's feat. The javelin thrower from Pakistan managed to complete a herculean task of becoming the first individual gold medallist from his country. Not only he defeated reigning champion Neeraj Chopra but scripted a new Olympic record of 92.97m in the event.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar weighed in on the ongoing dispute involving wrestler Vinesh Phogat at the Paris Olympics. The ex-cricketer shared his thoughts on 'X', and like every Indian, he too is eagerly waiting for a decision on the grappler.

'Vinesh Phogat to be robbed of a deserving silver medal defies logic and sporting sense': Sachin Tendulkar

Vinesh Phogat's plea to CAS against her disqualification at the Olympics has been referred to a sole arbitrator, who is expected to issue a decision before the end of the Olympics. The CAS released a statement in this regard. Find the full statement below:

The Speaker, Om Birla, acknowledged the significance of these accomplishments, stating that the triumphs of the hockey team and Chopra are indeed momentous. He emphasized that their successes will serve as a source of motivation for aspiring young athletes across the country.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues official statement on Vinesh Phogat's appeal, confirms decision will be issued "before end of Olympic Games."

As per reports the hearing will take place at 5:30pm IST.

India’s best known lawyer and former solicitor general Harish Salve will represent the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in CAS.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Celebrated hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will join star shooter Manu Bhaker as the flagbearer of the Indian contingent in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on Sunday. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed this on Friday.

Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: India medals at Paris Games

Manu Bhaker (bronze) in 10m air pistol individual

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh (bronze) in 10m air pistol mixed team

Swapnil Kusale (bronze) in men's 50m rifle 3 positions

Indian men's hockey team (bronze) - defeated Spain 2-1 to finish 3rd

Neeraj Chopra (silver) in men's javelin

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: India’s men’s relay team (Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Amoj Jacob, Rajesh Ramesh) finish 5th in Round 1 - Heat 2. They clock a timing of 3:00.58, which was their season best but fail to qualify for the final.

Despite the outcome, the effort put by our team was valiant and must be lauded.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Next in action is India's men's relay team. Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Amoj Jacob, Rajesh Ramesh take part in the 4x400m event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 14 Live Updates: Vithya Ramraj, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Poovamma Raju Machettira, Subha Venkatesan finish last in the women's 4 x 400m relay round 1 heat 2 and they fail to qualify for the final.

Men's 57kg freestyle bronze medal match: Aman Sehrawat vs Darian Toi Cruz (Puerto Rico) -- 9:45pm

Women's 4x400m Relay Round 1: Indian team -- 2:10pm

Men's 4x400m Relay Round 1: Indian team -- 2:35pm

Women's Individual: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar -- 12:30pm

Aman has so far shown promise as he started Day 12 with commanding performances, helping him storm into the semifinals. However, he was outmuscled in the semifinal by Japan's Rei Higuchi and lost the bout 0-10 via technical superiority. The boy from Chhatrasal, a sports stadium in North Delhi famous for its wrestlers, started his campaign with a 10-0 win against North Macedonia’s Vladimir Egorov, following which he secured a 12-0 win, once again by technical superiority, against Zelimkhan Abakarov of Albania, which was the quarterfinal.

Now as we approach towards the end of the Paris Games the events have started to slim. However, India still has a shot to shoot their medal tally, with one lined up for Friday. For this to happen, the onus will be on grappler Aman Sehrawat, who will meet Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico in the bronze medal bout in men's 57kg freestyle wrestling on Friday. Aman booked a flight to Paris in place of Ravi Dahiya, and now has the massive responsibility to ensure that India’s streak of winning a wrestling medal since 2008 doesn’t end in Paris.

India had quite an extraordinary Day 13 at the Paris Olympics as the country secured two medals. Neeraj Chopra, India's most decorated athlete, missed out on the gold in men's javelin finals, but ensured the country of a silver medal in the competition. Apart from Neeraj, the Indian men's hockey team scripted history by securing the Olympic bronze. This was the second medal in consecutive editions, and the first in 52 years.

Welcome to the live blog of day-14 of the Paris Olympics 2024 where Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat will wrestle for Bronze medal.