Vinesh Phogat vs Sarah Hildebrandt final at Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling: Know gold medal match time and where to watch live in India

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will take on USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt in the final of the women’s 50kg event at the Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling competition in the wee hours of Thursday.

Vinesh Phogat’s final match for the gold medal will start at around 12:30 AM in India on August 8 and will be available on live streaming and telecast.

Vinesh Phogat, who entered the competition unseeded, made it to the final on the back of three convincing wins. The 29-year-old wrestler defeated top seed and Tokyo 2020 champion Yui Susaki of Japan in the opening round.

Vinesh got the better of former European champion Oksana Livach of Ukraine in the quarter-finals and reigning Pan American Games champion Yusneylis Guzman of Cuba in the semis.

Sarah Hildebrandt, seeded sixth, beat Algeria’s Ibtissem Doudou in her opener via technical superiority. In the quarter-finals, Sarah beat the People’s Republic of China’s Feng Ziqi 7-4 and downed Mongolia’s Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal, a three-time World Championships medallist, 5-0 for a place in the final.

Vinesh Phogat is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. The Indian wrestler won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games but skipped the 2023 Asian Games due to injury. She is also a two-time World Championships bronze medallist but both of her medals have come in women’s 53kg.

Sarah Hildebrandt is the bronze medal winner from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She is also a four-time medallist from the world championships, three of which are in the 50kg category. The 30-year-old is also a former Pan American Games champion.

Vinesh Phogat is the first Indian woman to reach the final in wrestling at the Olympics. India have won a total of seven medals - two silvers and five bronze - in wrestling at the Games. Sakshi Malik is the first Indian woman to win a medal – a bronze at Rio 2016.

Where and when to watch Vinesh Phogat’s Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling final in India

Live streaming of the Vinesh Phogat vs Sarah Hildebrandt wrestling final at the Paris 2024 Olympics will be free on JioCinema. The live telecast of Vinesh Phogat’s final will be on the Sports18 Network TV channels in India. The match will start at around 12:30 AM on Thursday.