Vinesh Phogat at Paris 2024 Olympics: women’s wrestling 50kg schedule, dates and match time
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will feature in her third Olympics on the trot at Paris 2024 with her women’s 50kg wrestling event set to kick off at the Champ-de-Mars Arena from August 6.
A world championships bronze medallist and gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games as well the Asian Championships, Vinesh is one of the most decorated Indian wrestlers in history but her outings at the Summer Games have met heartbreaking ends.
Vinesh, who is part of the famed Phogat sisters, made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016 in the women’s 48kg freestyle category but was forced to retire from her quarter-final bout following a horrific knee injury.
Deemed one of the favourites to win the women’s 53kg quarter-finals, Vinesh suffered a quarters exit yet again after suffering an upset loss.
Forced to vacate her favoured 53kg class to accommodate the up and coming Antim Panghal, Vinesh had to drop down to the 50kg category for Paris 2024 and will enter her event unseeded.
She will be randomly drawn against any of the eight seeded wrestlers in the division for the first round.
Reigning champion Yui Susaki, also a four-time world champion, is the top seeded in the women’s 50kg field at Paris 2024. She won the Tokyo 2020 title without conceding a single point and has never lost a bout in an international competition.
Women’s 50kg wrestling seedings at Paris 2024 Olympics
- Yui Susaki (Japan)
- Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia)
- Ziqi Feng (People’s Republic of China)
- Evin Demirhan (Turkiye)
- Alisson Cardozo Rey (Colombia)
- Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)
- Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan)
- Oksana Livach (Ukraine)
Mongolia’s Otgonjargal Dolgorjav, two time world championships silver medallist, and China’s Ziqi Feng, a world championships bronze medal winner who finished runners up to Sasaki at this year’s Asian Championships, are seeded second and third, respectively.
USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt and Azerbaijani grappler Mariya Stadnik, who claimed the bronze medals at Tokyo 2020, will be seeded sixth and seventh, respectively.
To date, Indian wrestlers have won seven medals at the Olympics but only one of them - Sakshi Malik’s bronze medal in 58kg at Rio 2016 - has been claimed by a woman.
Vinesh Phogat’s Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling schedule
Live match start times as per Indian Standard Time (IST)
Where to watch Vinesh Phogat at Paris 2024 Olympics live in India
Live streaming of Vinesh Phogat’s Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling matches will be available on Jio Cinema in India. Live telecast of Paris 2024 wrestling will be on Sports 18 Network TV channels in India.