Aruna Dharshana Disqualified, Women’s Boxing History Made For Ireland, Olympic Records In Women’s 3000M & Men’s 1500M

IOC 33rd Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France 12th Day

Aruna Dharshana competing in the Men’s 400M – 02nd Semi Final was disqualified for a Lane Infringement. He clocked 44.75 sec, which would have been another personal best for him.

Athletics : Women – 200M
Gold – USA,
Silver – Saint Lucia,
Bronze – USA

Women – 3000M Steeplechase
Gold – Winifred Yavi – Brunei 08 min 52.76 sec Olympic Record
Silver – Uganda,
Bronze – Kenya

Men – 1500 M
Gold – Cole Hocker – USA 03 min 27.65 sec Olympic Record
Silver – Great Britain,
Bronze – USA

Men – Long Jump
Gold – Greece,
Silver – Jamaica,
Bronze – Italy

Basketball : Men – Quarter Finals
France bt Canada 82 – 73
Germany bt Greece 76 – 63
Serbia bt Australia 95 – 90
USA bt Brazil 122 – 87

Beach Volleyball : Women – Quarter Finals
Switzerland bt Australia 2 – 0
USA bt Switzerland 2 – 1

Men – Quarter Finals
Germany bt Netherlands 2 – 0
Sweden bt Brazil 2 – 0

Boxing : Women – 60 Kgs
Gold – Kellie Harrington – Ireland
Silver – China,
Bronze – Taipei & Brazil

Cycling Track : Men – Team Sprint
Gold – Netherlands,
Silver – Great Britain,
Bronze – Australia

Diving : Women – 10M Platform
Gold – China, Silver – China, Bronze – North Korea

Equestrian : Jumping Individual Final Jump Off
Gold – Germany,
Silver – Switzerland,
Bronze – Netherlands

Football : Women – Semi Finals
USA bt Germany 1 – 0 After Extra Time
Brazil bt Spain 4 – 2

Handball : Women – Quarter Finals
France bt Germany 26 – 23
Denmark bt Netherlands 29 – 25
Sweden bt Hungary 36 – 32
Norway bt Brazil 32 – 15

Hockey : Men – Semi Finals
Netherlands bt Spain 4 – 0
Germany bt India 3 – 2

Skateboarding : Women – Park
Gold – Australia,
Silver – Japan,
Bronze – GBR

Table Tennis : Women – Team – Quarter Finals
South Korea bt Sweden 3 – 0
Japan bt Thailand 3 – 0

Men – Team – Quarter Finals
Japan bt Chinese Taipei 3 – 1
Sweden bt Germany 3 – 0

Volleyball : Women – Quarter Finals
Turkey bt China 3 – 2,
USA bt Poland 3 – 0
Brazil bt Dominican Republic 3 – 0
Italy bt Serbia 3 – 0

Water Polo : Women – Quarter Finals
Spain bt Canada 18 – 08
USA bt Hungary 05 – 04
Australia bt Greece 09 – 06
Netherlands bt Italy 11 – 08

When the medal ceremony of Gymnastic : Women – Floor Exercise was held it was a historic occassion in the Olympics. Rebeca Andrade ( Brazil ) – Gold, Simone Biles ( USA ) – Silver, Jordan Childs ( USA ) – Bronze winners were the first all black women podium with 20 Olympic Medals between them – 11 for Biles, 06 for Andrade & 03 for Chiles.Kellie Harringrton of Ireland made history by becoming the first female athlete from Ireland to win a medal at more than 01 Olympic Game. She won Gold in Tokyo & Paris in Boxing – Women’s 60 Kgs. Rowers from Ireland also defended the Gold Medal won in Tokyo joining the boxer in doing so at Paris 2024. Kellie Harrington is employed in the health sector as a cleaner at a hospital in Dublin. She is married to her long time same sex partner, Mandy.

Haritha Perera in Paris, France facilitated by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka