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Marvin Schlegel from the mixed relay
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JAVIER SORIANO / AFP
The first protest fizzled out.
Then the German Athletics Association (DLV) tried a second time - and it was successful.
The mixed relay can now run for a medal over 4x400 meters at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The bickering was one of the stories of the Olympic night.
That was important
They are allowed to start, they are not allowed, they are allowed to start ... it was a strange back and forth about the mixed relay over 4 x 400 meters.
What happened?
The team qualified for the final on Friday and benefited from the fact that the jury disqualified the USA and the Dominican Republic. Those decisions were then reversed. Suddenly the German season was out again. The DLV protested. Then a second time. And this renewed protest was held on Saturday morning, according to DLV, the finals in the Olympic premiere of this discipline will now take place on Saturday (2.35 p.m. CEST) with nine teams.
In
swimming Sarah Koehler was disappointed
.
Three days after her bronze medal in the 1500 meter freestyle, she was seventh in the 800 meter freestyle.
She was “a little speechless” about her time, said Köhler afterwards on ARD.
Caeleb Dressel was the
swimmer of the night
.
First he won his third gold medal in these games thanks to a world record time, but then the American with the mixed relay completely missed the medals.
There
is also news
from
Simone Biles
: The 24-year-old has also
canceled her starts in the jump and on the uneven bars
.
That was decided by the gymnastics star from the USA in consultation with the medical team, according to the gymnastics association.
And: The Tokyo Games have their
first doping case
.
Blessing Okagbare
will not compete in the semifinals of the prestigious 100-meter run.
In the 32-year-old, who won Olympic silver in the long jump in 2008, growth hormone was detected during a check.
The Nigerian has been excluded from the competition.
That will be important
Florian Unruh
could provide a German medal in
archery
.
The 28-year-old also won his round of 16 that night and will now face Mauro Nespoli from Italy in the quarter-finals (8 a.m.), and if Unruh continues to shoot as successfully as before, then this time will also be interesting for him: 9.45 a.m.
Because the final is coming up.
The
German basketball players
meet Australia in their third round game (10:20 a.m.).
One win and they would definitely be in the quarter-finals.
And even a defeat should be enough for advancement - then the German selection would be
in the round of the last eight for the first time since 1992
.
Novak Djoković
will
not win
the Golden Slam in
tennis
, that has been certain since the loss to Alexander Zverev.
At least bronze is still possible - and twice.
The world number one will meet the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta in singles at 8 a.m., then he will compete alongside Nina Stojanović in a mixed match against Ashleigh Barty and John Peers.
The most important tennis match takes place between
Belinda Bencic and Marketa Vondrousova
.
They make up the Olympic champion of these games among themselves.
The duel is expected to start at 11.30 a.m.
Later, gold will be the issue in the men's discus throw (1:15 p.m.) and especially in
the women's 100-meter run
.
The favorites include
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
and
Elaine Thompson-Herah
from Jamaica as well as
Marie-Josee Ta Lou
(Ivory Coast), all of whom achieved times of around 10.8 seconds in the
heats
.
The semi-finals take place at 12.12 and 12.23 p.m., the finals start at 2.50 p.m.
For the
football men
today it is a question of determining the four semi-finalists.
The Spanish selection of super talent Pedri will meet the Ivory Coast at 10 a.m., the team that surprisingly left the German team behind in the preliminary round.
Later, among others, Brazil will face striker Richarlison (five goals so far) with the Egyptian selection.
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