On Friday there will be medals for some German athletes at the Olympics.
Do not miss any important decision in our live ticker.
Germany climbed to seventh place * in the medal table, and more success stories could follow on Friday.
The German team is already playing for gold in table tennis.
We follow the competitions in Tokyo in the live ticker.
Update from August 6th, 2.50 a.m .:
Jonathan Hilbert won the first German walking medal since 1992 on Friday (see: Update, 2.30 a.m). “If someone had told me that I would get silver today, I would have shown him a bird. I had problems with the heat for the first few days, after five days I noticed that I could handle the heat. This morning I got up after five and a half hours of sleep and noticed: this is a special day, that fits today, "said the Erfurt emotionally charged to the ARD after his silver medal.
Update from August 6th, 2.30 a.m .:
The first decision of the night has been made!
In the competition in walking over 50 kilometers, there was immediately the first German medal, which Jonathan Hilbert secured after a show of strength in hot Tokyo.
The 26-year-old from Thuringia crossed the finish line after 3:50:44 hours just after the Pole Dawid Tomala (3:50:08) and then fought back tears.
Third place went to Canadian Evan Dunfee (3:50:59).
First report from August 6th, 1.00 a.m .:
Tokyo - On day 14 of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo *, some German athletes will be in action again.
The day of the competition starts in the night from Friday and ends in the afternoon Central European Time.
A German medal in a team competition is already certain.
Olympia in the live ticker today: pentathlete leads in fencing - table tennis men already has silver for sure
The German canoeists * are on duty during the night, from 2.45 am Sebastian Brendel will start in the C1 and again compete for a medal.
The Ronald Rauhe in K4 is in demand from 3.45 a.m., but the finals will not take place until Saturday.
Fencing, swimming, riding and the combined of running and shooting - this is what the modern pentathlon insists.
In the women's competition from 7.30 a.m., Annika Schleu tries to defend her lead after fencing.
The Berliner, who was fourth at the World Cup, has a good chance of a medal, the decision on the final day of the modern pentathlon will be made from 12.30 p.m.
The German men's table tennis team was very happy when Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska prevailed against Japan in the semifinals.
From 12.30 p.m. Germany is demanding the Chinese that a gold medal would be a sensation.
Olympia today in the live ticker: javelin thrower in the final - two finals in team sports
The javelin final, for which Christin Hussong was able to qualify, begins at 1:50 p.m.
A medal for the European champion of 2018 would be quite possible.
There are also two final games in team sports on Friday: from 4.30 a.m., Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy from Australia or April Ross / Alix Klineman from the USA will duel in the women's beach volleyball final. About ten hours later, at 2 p.m., the women's soccer final between Canada and Sweden will take place. This has been postponed to evening due to the heat in the Japanese capital. The German women won gold in Rio, now a new winner is being played.
(ajr) * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
