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Florian Wellbrock: "Of course, fourth place is always bitter"
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Two German gold medals last night seemed realistic - it was once silver.
"Of course, fourth place is always bitter," said swimmer Florian Wellbrock.
Before the Olympic Games, he had hoped for gold twice, but in the 800 meter freestyle he was now just short of a medal.
They brought the rowers Jonathan Rommelmann and Jason Osborne in an easy double scull.
That was important
As disappointing as the
swimmers' 800 meter race was
for
Wellbrock
, it was a thrilling competition for the spectators. World champion Gregorio Paltrinieri from Italy pulled away early and dominated the race for a long time. But the closer the end came, the more the competitors caught up, including the Ukrainian Mikhailo Romantschuk, who was so strong in the heats, and Wellbrock. Shortly before the goal, they were close together - and then suddenly the American
Robert Finke
snatched
the gold medal, which until then had hardly been on the bill.
Silver went to Paltrinieri, bronze to Romantschuk.
And Wellbrock?
Wants to concentrate on his next start over the 1500 meters.
"I'll throw everything in there and see what comes out," he said.
The decision about the 1500 meters will be made on August 1st.
From a German point of view, there had already been a medal: In
rowing
in the light double
sculls, Jonathan Rommelmann and Jason Osborne had a long neck-and-neck race with the Irish Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, who they finally pulled away in the final sprint had to leave.
“I still can't quite believe it.
The Irish had a tough fight with us.
We can't
fault
ourselves with a
silver medal
at the Olympics, ”said Rommelmann.
But things didn't go according to plan for the German rowers:
world champion Oliver Zeidler surprisingly missed the final in the single
. In the semifinals he only reached fourth place and therefore has to watch when it comes to medals. “He's dejected, he's worked to the full, and now he's flat. A dream broke in for him and the disappointment is very big, «said his father and trainer Heino Zeidler afterwards.
“Well, there's no camel race at the Olympics, that's why I go cycling.
At least I was there in Tokyo. ”
Azzedine Lagab
wrote
on Twitter.
Lagab is the man who was previously racially insulted by the German cycling sports director Patrick Moster.
And he commented on a report by Deutschlandfunk, in which Moster's apology, according to which he had misused his wording in the heat of the moment, was quoted.
“Nothing makes you say such a thing.
An apology as bad as the facts, ”Lagab wrote.
So far there have not been any serious consequences for Moster.
That will be important
The
all-around final is in
gymnastics
-
without superstar Simone Biles
. She had canceled her participation and given medical reasons for her decision. By the way, Biles thanked them for the great encouragement after the frank words about their mental health. He “made it clear to her that I am more than my achievements and gymnastics. I never really believed in that before, ”Biles tweeted. The multiple German champion Elisabeth Seitz is part of the competition. A German medal would be a surprise, even without US superstar Biles in the competition.
Slalom canoeist Andrea Herzog
has the
chance to win the next gold for Germany
.
In the canoe single she starts at 8.45 a.m.
as world champion she is one of the favorites to win.
Her main competition is Australian Jessica Fox.
Tennis star Alexander Zverev competes
against French Jérémy Chardy in the quarter-finals and is the favorite in the duel with the number 68 in the world.
Zverev's quarter-finals are the last of the day and should start around 11 a.m.
before him, among other things, top favorite
Novak Doković takes
on Kei Nishikori.
Incidentally, Doković is twice about progressing today: In the mixed double, he will play alongside Nina Stojanović in the quarter-finals against Laura Siegemund and Kevin Krawietz.
In the case of the women, it's even about the Olympic final.
From 8 a.m., Belinda Bencic will meet Jelena Rybakina in the first semi-final, after which Jelina Switolina will face
Marketa Voundrousova
, the 22-year-old Czech who had previously knocked out co-favorite Naomi Osaka.
In
Judo
fighting amongst
world champion Anna-Maria Wagner
(to 78 kg) and
Karl-Richard Frey
for medals.
Both have already overcome their first hurdles in the night and are in the quarter-finals.
The face of German
table tennis
, Timo Boll, has already been eliminated, but
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
is still fighting for a medal in Tokyo.
On Wednesday he turned a 2-0 set deficit into a 4-2 win, now he will face the Chinese Ma Long, who won gold in Rio in 2016, in the semifinals.
The duel begins at 9 a.m.
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