The Lions debut against Australia in the first round of Group B. There will be matches and debuts in different disciplines.
The Olympic Games were officially inaugurated this Friday, with a ceremony that dazzled all the fans. In this context, Argentina will face its third day of competition and will have matches in Football, Hockey, Rugby and Handballamong other initiatives.
During the day, the Lions debut against Australia for the first date of Group B in the men’s hockey tournament. At the start of the event The Argentine made his Olympic debut Pascual di Tella In fencing, she defeated Canadian Francois Cauchon 15-13 in the round of 64. However, she fell 15-1 in the round of 32 to Egyptian Ziad Elsissy. In swimming, the Argentine Agostina Hein 16-year-old finished 18th out of 21 in the classification.
Olympic Games: Argentina’s agenda
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Soccer
- 10:00: Argentina-Iraq (men – Group B).
- 12:00: Ukraine Morocco (men – Group B)
Handball
- 11.00: Argentina-Norway (men – Group B)
Rugby
- 9.30: Los Pumas vs. New Zealand (for fifth place)
- 11:00: semi-finals.
- 14.00: bronze medal match
- 14.45: gold medal final
Volley
- 16.00: Argentina-United States (men – Group C)
The big absentees due to doping at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
These are some of the athletes who will miss this appointment for testing positive or contravene the regulations in force:
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Thiago Braz: At home in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Braz had the crowning moment of his career when he was crowned Olympic champion. In Tokyo in 2021, he took bronze. He was aiming for a third Olympic medal in Paris, but was suspended for 16 months for doping, until November 2024, after testing positive for ostarine.
Alex Schwazer: A two-time world championship bronze medallist in the 50km race walking championships (2005, 2007) and European champion in the 20km race in 2010, he will not be taking part in the Paris Games. The 38-year-old race walker was suspended for eight years, which was upheld by the CAS in August 2016, following a positive test for anabolic steroids in January of that year.
Rhonex Kipruto: World record winner in the 10km road race in Valencia in 2020 and world bronze medallist in Doha in 2019, Kipruto was banned for six years for doping on June 5 by the AIU, which said his world record would be annulled.
Lawrence Cherono: Fourth place winner at the 2021 Tokyo Games and winner of the Boston and Chicago marathons in 2019, he was suspended by the AIU for seven years, until July 2029, for doping.
Zerfe WondermagicThe Ethiopian, a finalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and fourth at the Budapest World Championships in 2023, was suspended for five years after testing positive for two banned substances: EPO and testosterone.
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