The Olympic day in Tokyo begins with a bronze medal for swimmer Florian Wellbrock. The athletes, hockey men and wrestlers are also convincing. The fencers, on the other hand, experience the next big disappointment after Rio 2016.
The German team started the ninth day of the decision at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with a bronze medal for swimmer Florian Wellbrock. The German hockey men made it to the quarter-finals, long jumper Malaika Mihambo and obstacle runner Gesa Krause made it to the final.
Swim: Double world champion Florian Wellbrock has won the first men’s medal for a German pool swimmer at the Olympic Games in more than two decades. The 23-year-old, who was considered a gold candidate, hit the 1500 meter freestyle in the victory of the 800 meter Olympic champion Robert Finke from the USA in third place and secured bronze. In 14: 40.91 minutes he was also behind Vice World Champion Mikhailo Romantschuk from Ukraine, who won the silver medal.
“Of course it was a huge load off my heart – no question about it,” said Wellbrock. “Losing to an American and Romancechuk is definitely not a shame.” A few minutes after his race, Wellbrock said he was “actually very, very satisfied”.
Swimming II: The American individual medley relay around star swimmer Caeleb Dressel swam in world record time to Olympic victory over 4 x 100 meters. The quartet with Dressel, Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew and Zach Apple hit Tokyo on Sunday after 3: 26.78 minutes. That was clearly faster than the US quartet around Michael Phelps in the summer of 2009, which swam at 3: 27.28 minutes. It was the sixth world record in cymbal competitions in Tokyo. Before that, Dressel had already won the 50 meter freestyle. The 24-year-old hit after 21.07 seconds, setting an Olympic record.
Athletics: Germany’s gold hope Malaika Mihambo jumped to the seven-meter mark and made it to the Olympic final. The 2019 world champion qualified for the medal fights in the Ember Olympiastadion with a season best of 6.98 meters in the third attempt. Only the Serbian Ivana Spanovic (7.00) was better on Sunday. For Maryse Luzolo from LV Königstein (6.54), however, it was not enough for the final on Tuesday (03.50 a.m. / CEST).
Athletics II: After arriving late, the obstacle runner Gesa Krause easily reached the Olympic final over the 3000 meters. The two-time World Cup third and European champion qualified second in her preliminary run in 9: 19.62 minutes. “I didn’t really want to tremble,” said the 28-year-old from the Trier New Year’s Eve club.
Hockey men fight their way to the semifinals
Hockey: The German hockey men have reached the Olympic semifinals. The team of national coach Kais al Saadi prevailed 3-1 (1-0) against Olympic champion Argentina at the start of the knockout round on Sunday morning (local time) at more than 30 degrees in the Oi Hockey Stadium. The German goals were scored by Lukas Windfeder (19th minute / 48th minute) and Timm Herzbruch (40th) each by penalty corner.
Fencing: Germany’s fencers finish the second Olympic Games in a row without a medal. The foil men lost their quarter-finals in the final team competition on Sunday against the favored Americans with 36:45. As with the summer games five years ago in Rio de Janeiro, the German Fencing Association was left with nothing.
Do gymnastics: Superstar Simone Biles does not have another finale for health reasons. As the US Gymnastics Association announced on Sunday, the 24-year-old will not be on the ground for a decision on Monday. Previously, the four-time Olympic champion had already canceled her participation in the finals in the all-around competition, on the uneven bars and on the jump, and also canceled the team final.
Cycling: The cyclist Simon Geschke, who tested positive for Corona, was allowed to leave the quarantine hotel in Tokyo. “End of the most useless trip of my career, super excited to come out of quarantine and fly home,” wrote the 35-year-old on Twitter.
Rings: Former world champion Aline Rotter-Focken has reached the quarter-finals. The Krefeld woman, who will end her career after the event in Japan, won her opening match in the Makuhari exhibition hall against Vasilissa Marsaljuk from Belarus on Sunday 2-1. Her next opponent in the weight class up to 76 kilograms is the 2018 Asian champion, Qian Zhou from China.
Shoot: Rio Olympic champion Christian Reitz has the best chances of the Olympic final with the rapid fire pistol. The 34-year-old police superintendent from Regensburg, who competes for SV Kriftel, finished the first part of the two-day qualification with 30 shots on Sunday in third place with 296 rings.
Russia: IOC President Thomas Bach has once again defended the start of a large selection of Russian athletes at the Olympics in Tokyo. “They have submitted to all qualifications and the corresponding tests, just like all the other athletes who take part here. That is why they have the right to be treated accordingly,” said the head of the International Olympic Committee of the German Press Agency. There is criticism of the participation of Russian athletes because of the scandal over state-sponsored doping.
Equestrian sport: The German eventing team fell significantly behind in the battle for medals in the cross-country ride. After mistakes by Sandra Auffarth from Ganderkesee with Viamant and Michael Jung from Horb with Chipmunk, the trio slipped from second to sixth on Sunday. In the individual, Jung fell to tenth place before the final competition on Monday (10 a.m.). Second, however, is Julia Krajewski from Warendorf with Amande behind the Briton Oliver Townend with Ballaghmor Class. The German team then protested. The reason is the triggering of a safety system during the ride by Jung, which was punished with eleven penalty points.
BMX: Lara Lessmann took sixth place at the Olympic premiere in BMX Freestyle. The Berliner got 79.60 points on Sunday in the Ariake Urban Sports Park. The first Olympic champion was surprisingly the Briton Charlotte Worthington with 97.50 points, silver went to the top favorite Hannah Roberts from the USA with 96.10 points. Bronze went to Nikita Duccaroz from Switzerland (89.20).
Corona: 18 new corona cases have been registered in the vicinity of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The organizers announced this on Sunday. The maximum value was reached on Friday with 27 new infections. An athlete from the Olympic village is affected.
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