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Olympia-News: First gold for Germany! Surprise in the kayak

2021-07-27T08:31:15.506Z


Ricarda Funk wins the first gold for Germany at the Olympics 2021 in the kayak-single. The Olympia-News from Tuesday.


Ricarda Funk wins the first gold for Germany at the Olympics 2021 in the kayak-single. The Olympia-News from Tuesday.

  • Olympia 2021: On Tuesday (July 27th) there are a number of competitions at the Summer Games.

  • Ricarda Funk wins the first gold medal for Germany in the kayak single.

  • The most important news on Olympic Day from Tokyo here in the news ticker.

9.50 a.m.:

Ricarda Funk did it and won the gold medal in the kayak single.

After finishing third in the semifinals, the 29-year-old pushed past her competitors in the final of the top ten in the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.

Rio winner Maialen Chourraut from Spain takes silver, Australian Jessica Fox has to be content with bronze.

"I just can't believe it, I just can't believe it," Funk said with tears in his eyes.

Funk was finally at the top - after all the setbacks.

In 2016 she missed the Olympics.

At the world championships she was second and third in the individual, but it was not enough for victory.

Until her perfect day in Tokyo.

The lightweight snaked through the gates with strength and elegance and showed no nerves.

For the German Canoe Association (DKV) it is the second slalom medal at these summer games after canoeing specialist Sideris Tasiadis (Augsburg) secured bronze on Monday.

8.20 a.m.:

Slalom canoeist Ricarda Funk (Bad Kreuznach) reaches for a medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In the kayak single, the European champion from 2018 qualified as third in the semi-finals despite two pole contacts for the final of the top ten in the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.

World champion Eva Tercelj (Slovenia) drove past a gate and was surprisingly eliminated.

After a consistently strong season, the 29-year-old Funk is one of the most promising medal candidates of the German Canoe Association (DKV).

The final will also take place on Tuesday morning (9.15 a.m. CEST).

On Monday, Canadian specialist Sideris Tasiadis won the first bronze medal for the DKV.

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8.15 a.m.:

Judoka Dominic Ressel missed the semi-finals in Tokyo, but can still hope for the first medal for the German Judo Association (DJB) in the consolation round.

The 27-year-old from Wiesbaden lost to the Japanese ex-world champion Takanori Nagase in the quarter-finals in the class up to 81 kg in the legendary Nippon Budokan after a video decision in overtime.

With two wins, Ressel can still secure bronze from 10 a.m. CEST.

He had previously defeated Wesam Abu Rmilah from Palestine and the Dutchman Frank de Wit.

On the fourth day of the competition, Ressel was the first DJB starter to win a fight in Tokyo.


For Martyna Trajdos, however, the summer games were over after the first fight.

The 32-year-old from Zweibrücken, third in the 2019 World Cup in the same place, was defeated by the 19-year-old junior world champion Szofi Ozbas from Hungary.


8.10 a.m.:

Brutal mood damper for host Japan at the Olympic Games: The gold dream of top favorite Naomi Osaka suddenly burst in the round of 16 of the Tokyo tennis tournament.

The four-time Grand Slam winner lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) after a disappointing performance 1: 6, 4: 6.

7.55 a.m.:

Dimitrij Ovtcharov is in the round of 16 of the Olympic table tennis tournament for the fourth time in a row.

The bronze medalist from London 2012 started in Tokyo with a 4: 0 (13:11, 11: 3, 13:11, 11: 4) against the Russian Kirill Skatschkow and followed old master Timo Boll into the round of 16.

Ovtcharov showed comeback qualities in his opening win: In the first round, the 32-year-old fended off four set balls, in the third another two.

After 35 minutes he converted his first match point.


For Boll (Düsseldorf) and Ovtcharov (Hameln / Orenburg) it will continue on Tuesday: European champion Boll will meet South Korean Jung Yang-sik from 9.30 a.m. CEST, Ovtcharov will play against Koki Niwa (Japan) or Wang Yang (at 1.30 p.m. at the earliest) Slovakia).

For women, Han Ying (Düsseldorf / Tarnobrzeg) also intervenes.

Olympia: Daily ticker from July 27th - strong performance of the German hockey men

7.50 a.m.:

Nadine Apetz missed the quarter-finals at the first ever Olympic appearance by a German boxer.

The 35-year-old Cologne woman lost in welterweight (up to 69 kg) against the Indian Lovlina Borgohain with 2: 3 on points.

Late starter Apetz, who only came into contact with boxing during her studies (biology and neuroscience) to compensate for it, had actually set high goals for her first and last Olympic Games: "The ultimate would of course be the final and gold."


Before Apetz, a German boxer had not been able to qualify for the Summer Games either at the 2012 Olympic premiere for women in London or four years later in Rio de Janeiro.


Heavyweight Ammar Riad Abduljabbar (25), on the other hand, reached the quarter-finals shortly before.

After a walk-through in the first round, Hamburg's Jose Maria Lucar Jaimes from Peru clearly beat 5-0 on points.

The next opponent is the number one Muslim Gadschimagomedow (ROC).

7.20 a.m.:

Archer Michelle Kroppen easily made it into the sixteenth finals in the individual competition in Tokyo.

The 25-year-old from SV GutsMuths Jena prevailed 6-0 against the Ukrainian Lidija Sitschennikowa in the first round in Japan on Tuesday.

The seventh in the world rankings, who lives in Berlin, had already won the bronze medal at the summer games in the team competition with Charline Schwarz and Lisa Unruh.

Update from July 27th, 6.59 a.m.:

The German hockey men are at the Olympic tournament in Tokyo after the second victory in the third game before entering the knockout round. The team of coach Kais al Saadi prevailed on Tuesday at the Oi Hockey Stadium with 5: 1 (1: 1) against Great Britain and thus achieved a very important victory in the fight for a good starting position for the quarter-finals. The other opponents are South Africa on Thursday and the Netherlands on Friday. Four teams from the group of six move into the knockout round.

The German selection got off to a superior start in the meanwhile pouring rain from Tokyo, but initially fell behind due to a goal from Briton Phillip Roper (9th minute).

Shortly before the end of the first quarter, Florian Fuchs equalized after a penalty corner (15th).

In the second quarter, the DHB selection survived a double deficit, after the break Christopher Rühr then outnumbered the well-deserved lead (35th).

Justus Weigand increased to 3: 1 (42nd), in the final phase Fuchs met again (51st / 60th).


The al Saadi team showed a good reaction to the first defeat at the Olympic tournament against world champions Belgium (1: 3) on Monday.

At the start, the German selection had won a mandatory victory 7-1 against outsiders Canada.

Update from July 27th, 5.30 a.m.:

Max Kruse gives more details about his marriage proposal live on ARD at Olympia 2021 *.

And the Bundesliga professional turns to his critics (see link).

Olympic news from Tuesday (July 27th): Setback for Germany's 4x100 meter relay

Update from July 27th, 4.40 a.m.:

European champion Carina Wimmer (Kelheim Gmünd) and marksman Christian Reitz (Regensburg) clearly missed a medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In the mixed competition with the air pistol, the duo of the German Schützenbund (DSB) took twelfth place with 571 rings on Tuesday and missed the next round.

Sports soldier Wimmer contributed 281 rings, Reitz came up with 290 rings.

Update from July 27, 4.20 a.m.:

With the German 4x100 meter relay, Lisa Mayer is considered a medal candidate at the Olympics 2021 *.

But shortly before the start in Tokyo there is bad news (see link).

Olympic news from Tuesday (July 27th): disappointments for Germany in swimming competitions

Update from July 27th, 3.50 a.m

.: Olympic debutante Isabel Gose missed her second finals at the Olympic swimming competitions in Tokyo.

The 19-year-old reached 1: 57.07 minutes in the semi-finals over 200 meters butterfly on Tuesday.

Eleventh place was not enough for the final on Wednesday.

For Annika Bruhn, the semifinals were also the end of the line.

The 28-year-old from Baden finished 14th in 1: 57.62 minutes.

Update from July 27, 3 a.m.:

A triathlete was excluded shortly before the start of the 2021 Olympics - on suspicion of doping.

The Ukrainian triathlete Julija Jelistratowa was therefore not allowed to take part in the Olympic race in the Odaiba Marine Park.

The organizers announced on Monday.

A prohibited substance was discovered in the 33-year-old during a check on June 5, the World Triathlon Federation was informed about it on July 24.

So far, no doping case was known at the 2021 Olympics.

Olympic news from Tuesday (July 27th): Triathlete Laura Lindemann missed a medal

First report from July 27th

: Munich / Tokyo - For a long time it looked like a medal at the Olympics 2021 * for Laura Lindemann, in the end the German triathlete was only the unpleasant one at the summer games on Tuesday (July 27th *, CET) eighth place - after a mixed performance in heavy rain in the Odaiba Marine Park.

It looked so good for the Potsdam woman for a long time: After swimming 1.5 kilometers, she was able to get stuck in a group of five leaders while cycling.

She drove in the slipstream for a long time, finally came fourth to run.

And: after switching to running shoes, the 25-year-old was promptly second.

But: Bit by bit, Lindemann really broke down, although running is actually her strength.

Olympic news from Tuesday (July 27th): Triathlete Laura Lindemann breaks down while running

The two-time world champion over the short distance triathlon and later Olympic champion, Flora Duffy (33 years) from Bermuda, was able to quickly set herself apart with a dynamic running style.

Lindemann, who had made the switch from bike to running shoes with a smile, fell behind.

First, the British Georgia Taylor-Brown, who had trouble cycling, passed the German with a strong run.

Finally, in the final round, other opponents followed in the heavy rain of Tokyo.

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Lindemann had passed the smile in adverse conditions.

She struggled, she plowed, she struggled, ultimately in vain.

When the German triathlete crossed the finish line, she briefly burst into tears in disappointment.

For a long time she looked like a sure medal contender in competition, and then such a result.

“Tonight I'll realize it's a good result.

I know that I can walk well.

The season is not over yet, ”she said visibly bent on

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The second German starter Anabel Knoll from Ingolstadt finished 31st, 9:09 minutes behind. This means that Team Germany missed another medal at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo *.

We collect the most important news about Olympic Tuesday here in the news ticker.

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