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The Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarria vented his frustration with his dramatically lost gold medal
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QUAY PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS
The first athletics decision of the day turned into a drama: The sixth and final attempt messed up the medal ranks.
At the same time, the German hockey women were eliminated, but the German Olympic team can still hope for medals on Monday - one is already certain.
That was important
A Greek
ruined
Cuba's best
long jumpers
the dream of a double victory with the last jump:
Miltiadis Tentoglou
also secured Olympic gold with a
jump of
8.41 meters after the European championship title. Before that,
Juan Miguel Echevarría had led
with the same distance, but had to be content with silver because of the shorter, second-best attempt. The second Cuban in the final,
Maykel Massó
, reached third place with 8.21 meters. Particularly annoying: Echevarría and Massó could no longer counter Tentoglou's jump to gold because they had injured themselves during the competition. Massó renounced his last jump, Echevarría broke off his approach limping.
The women's national team of the German Hockey Association also experienced a disappointment: after the 3-0 (0-2) quarter-final defeat by Argentina's "lionesses", the Olympic tournament is over for Xavier Reckinger's team.
In 2016, the German
women's hockey
team won the bronze medal.
On the other hand, Puerto Rico's first ever Olympic champion in athletics was
delighted
:
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn lived up to
her favorite
role in the
100 meter hurdles
.
After Mónica Puiq's surprise victory five years ago, it is only the second Olympic gold in the history of Puerto Rico.
The Dutch medium and long distance
specialist Sifan Hassan survived a moment of shock
in her advance over
1500 meters
in an impressive manner.
The medal favorite, who will also start over 5000 and 10,000 meters, fell back to the bottom of the field after a fall.
With a furious final sprint, Hassan managed to get past all of her competitors - and ultimately made it through to the next round with confidence.
That will be important
Aline Rotter-Focken
has already won the
first Olympic medal from a German woman wrestler
, now it's about gold.
The final opponent of the 30-year-olds in the class up to 76 kilograms is the American Adeline Maria Gray.
The fight is scheduled to start around 2:10 p.m.
Even
Christian Reitz
can win a medal.
With the rapid-fire pistol, the marksman hopes to repeat his success from Rio 2016: At that time, Reitz won Olympic gold.
As the best in the qualification, Reitz underpinned his favorite status, from 7.30 a.m. it will be serious in the final.
There will also be a German chance for a medal from 8.30 a.m.: Then the track cyclists will compete in a
team sprint
.
In
today's
women's soccer tournament
, the two finalists will be determined.
The USA will meet Canada at 10 a.m., followed by Australia and the 2016 silver medalists from Sweden three hours later.
From 3 p.m., the German beach volleyball duo
Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler will
move into the quarter-finals.
Opponents in Shiokaze Park are the Americans Jacob Gibb and Tri Bourne.
Bourne only stood in for the games at short notice, as Gibbs regular partner Taylor Crabb had tested positive for Corona.
There are three decisions to be made in the Olympic Stadium in the athletics disciplines:
The women's discus throw
starts at 3 p.m.
- with three German starters in the final battle.
Claudine Vita, Kristin Pudenz and Marike Steinacker
only go into the competition with outsider chances for a medal.
From 2.15 p.m.,
the successor to Conseslus Kipruto, world record holder and Olympic champion from Rio, will be sought
over a
3000 meter obstacle
.
The 15-strong starter field includes the two best of the year, Lamecha Grima (Ethiopia) and Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco).
The
Kenyan Hellen Obiri is considered to be the favorite in
the women’s 5000 meters
.
The starting signal is given here at 2:50 p.m.
In
weightlifting
Olympic history is written from 12.50 pm: In the class over 87 kg occurs with
Laurel Hubbard
first officially a transgender athlete at the games.
The 43-year-old New Zealander is given a chance of a medal in the super heavyweight division.
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