Third medal for the German Olympic team, for the third time it is bronze. Sideris Tasiadis from Augsburg fought for third place on the demanding course of the slalom canoeists.
Slalom canoeist Sideris Tasiadis won the bronze medal in the Olympic final in Tokyo. The 31-year-old police officer from Augsburg only had to admit defeat to the new Olympic champion Benjamin Savsek from Slovenia and Lukas Rohan from the Czech Republic on Monday in Japan.
Canoeing specialist Tasiadis won his second medal at the summer games on the demanding course in the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center. He had already secured silver in London in 2012. However, the world number one was 5.45 seconds short of the longed-for gold medal.
Tasiadis: Mistake at gate 19 costs gold
Tasiadis had problems at gate 19 on his final run and lost a lot of time there. Otherwise he remained flawless and, in front of IOC President Thomas Bach, took the lead after five of ten starters. But he had to give up first place again and shiver to the end.
It was the third medal for the German team in Tokyo. On Sunday the water divers Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel won bronze from the three-meter board, afterwards the archers around Lisa Unruh also won bronze.
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