On Monday there was the third German medal at the Olympic Games.
In table tennis, however, there was a bitter disappointment.
The Olympic day in the ticker.
Tokyo - German cheers in the white water!
Slalom canoeist Sideris Tasiadis won bronze in the canoe slalom on Monday - the third German medal at the Olympics.
In the final he had to tremble for a long time until third place was finally determined.
“I wasn't entirely satisfied with my final run.
In the end it was just pure joy.
It was a long way to get here, the hard work was worth it, ”said the Augsburg resident at the ZDF microphone.
It is his second Olympic medal - he won silver in London in 2012.
On his final run, he had problems at gate 19 and lost a lot of time there.
Otherwise he remained flawless and took the lead after five out of ten starters.
In the end it was enough for bronze.
Olympic ticker: bronze for Germany in white water - disappointment in table tennis
After the two bronze medals in archery and diving for women, the canoeing success was the third medal for Team D. Germany's best table tennis player Petrissa Solja had hoped for such a medal - but nothing came of it.
The reigning European champion ended in the first individual game.
She lost to Canadian Mo Zhang in a close game with 3: 4.
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Canoeist Sideris Tasiadis is happy about his second Olympic medal.
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Just one day before, she suffered a bitter defeat in mixed doubles at Patrick Franziska's side, which she had "not yet digested" in singles.
"The time in between was just too short to finish," she said.
The games are not over for the 27-year-old, she wants to attack again in the team competition.
“I'm not that frustrated, I played as well as I could.
Personally, I don't see it as a drama. "
Old star Timo Boll did better, who won his first match against Kazakhs Kirill Gerassimenko 4-1.
Shooter Nadine Messerschmidt just missed a medal.
She finished fifth in the skeet, while American Amber English won gold.
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