The German swimmers celebrate the first pool medal in 13 years by Sarah Köhler in Tokyo. The basketball players take their first victory, and the fencers are doing well too.
The fifth day of the decision at the Olympic Games in Tokyo started with a success for the German team: Vice World Champion Sarah Köhler secured the German swimmers the first pool medal since 2008 with bronze in the 1500 meter freestyle.
Swim: Vice World Champion Sarah Köhler won the bronze medal at the Olympic premiere in the 1500 meter freestyle, the first German pool medal since 2008. The 27-year-old hit after 15: 42.91 minutes and improved her German record (15: 48.83 minutes). Franziska Hentke, on the other hand, missed the final of the 200 meter butterfly.
Basketball: The German basketball players celebrated their first victory in the second group game at the Olympic tournament. The team of national coach Henrik Rödl defeated Nigeria with 99:92 (50:50) in the Saitama Super Arena and after the opening defeat against Italy kept the chance of making it to the quarter-finals. The best German thrower was Johannes Voigtmann with 19 points.
Rowing: The women’s double foursome missed Germany’s first rowing medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and surprisingly only finished fifth. The boat around the three newcomers to the Olympics Frieda Hämmerling (Kiel), Franziska Kampmann (Waltrop) and Carlotta Nwajide (Hanover) as well as Daniela Schultze (Potsdam) collapsed completely in the final spurt in Japan on Wednesday. China secured the Olympic gold medal ahead of Poland and Australia.
Tennis: For tennis professional Dominik Koepfer, the Olympic premiere came to an end in the round of 16. The 27-year-old Davis Cup professional lost a competitive duel with six seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6: 7 (7: 9), 3: 6 in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Cycling: The German champion Lisa Brennauer clearly missed the hoped-for first German cycling medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The ex-time trial world champion from Durach finished sixth in the individual time trial at the Fuji International Speedway. The new Olympic champion is Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands.
Fencing: The German saber fencers have reached the semi-finals of the team competition at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Dormagen trio Max Hartung, Matyas Szabo and Benedikt Wagner defeated the team of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with 45:28 in their opening match on Wednesday.
Judo: The German judokas Giovanna Scoccimarro and Eduard Trippel won their opening matches at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 23-year-old from Wolfsburg prevailed in the weight class up to 70 kilograms through Waza-ari against Elvismar Rodriguez from Venezuela and made it to the round of 16. Trippel also won in the weight class up to 90 kilograms through Waza-ari against the Serb Nemanja Majdov.
Corona: The organizers of the Olympic Games in Tokyo have registered 16 new corona cases around the games. The organizers announced that there was no other Olympic athlete among the new victims. The number of positive tests relating to the competitions in Japan since recording began on July 1 has increased to 169.
Do gymnastics: White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has encouraged US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles after leaving the team finals at the Tokyo Olympics. “Gratitude and support is what Simone Biles deserves,” Psaki tweeted. Biles is still the greatest, “and we’re all lucky enough to see her in action,” she continued. Biles had given up the competition in Japan on Tuesday after the first device. She indicated that she had mental problems.
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