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PARIS : Irish rowing heroes Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy received perhaps the finest gift of all when they touched down on home soil after their Olympic exploits - the offer of a ride home from Dublin airport to the south-west of the country.
MARSEILLE, France :Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands claimed the gold medal in the women's dinghy and with it the accolade of being the most successful Olympic sailor ever, with Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom taking silver after both completed Wednesday's medal race.
PARIS : Israel's taekwondo Olympic medallist Abishag Semberg was reduced to tears after being beaten by Saudi Arabia's Dunya Abutaleb in the round of 16 of the women's flyweight in Paris on Wednesday.
PARIS : Joint-defending champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim advanced to the high jump final but it was anything but smooth as the Italian had three fails at 2.27 metres and his Qatari rival cleared it only after lengthy treatment for an injury.
American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500-metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past British world champion Josh Kerr as defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen faded to fourth on Tuesday.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday told Lok Sabha about the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Olympics after being found overweight ahead of her women's 50kg final, and said that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lodged a strong protest with the United World Wrestling (UWW).
As the entire India sheds tears on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympic Games, the contingent's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala for the quadrennial event, shed light on the entire weight controversy. Vinesh was set to participate in her gold medal match on Wednesday but she failed the morning weigh-in, as she was overweight by about 100 grams, in the 50kg category. Dr Pardiwala explained that Vinesh's weight gain was higher than expected after she finished her three bouts on Tuesday. But, it couldn't be brought down in time despite extreme efforts.
PARIS — For months, Tuesday's Olympic men's basketball knockout round had been marked as a much anticipated day for international basketball.