Olympic news from Friday: Germany eight fights for gold in Japan

At the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, the focus is on rowing.

The Germany eight is fighting for gold in Japan.

The Olympic news from Friday.

• Olympia 2021 *: On Friday (July 30th) there are a number of competitions at the Summer Games.

• Rowing in focus: the Germany eight is fighting for gold in Tokyo.

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

Munich / Tokyo - Olympia 2021 in Tokyo * is in full swing.

And Germany is increasing in the medal table of the Summer Games * day by day.

As of Thursday evening, Central European Time (CET), it was ninth with three gold, three silver and seven bronze medals.

Olympic news from Friday (July 30th): Germany eight fights for gold in Tokyo

The rowing athletes always promise medals reliably.

Last silver went to Jonathan Rommelmann and Jason Osborne in the lightweight double scull.

The supreme discipline is the eighth, and the Germany eighth is inevitably a candidate for a medal.

At the 2012 Olympics in London there was a gold medal, at least at the 2016 Olympics in Rio the team secured silver.

And now at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo *?

In the video: Olympia 2021 - silver and two bronze medals on day six for Germany

At the European Championship in April on Lake Varese in Lombardy, Italy, fourth place was not enough for the podium.

Great Britain, Romania and the Netherlands stood in front of the German team - and should also be the big competitors for precious metals in Japan.

Olympic news from Friday (July 30th): Batsman Hannes Ocik and Germany eighth are challenged

The final in Tokyo starts at 3.25 a.m. (CET).

Batsman Hannes Ocik and his teammates are armed - and there is plenty of tension.

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