Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, live | A goal by Asensio in extra time against Japan (0-1) leads Spain to the Olympic final against Brazil

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The

eleventh day

of the

Olympic Games

was presented as a

super Tuesday

for the Spanish delegation in Tokyo and began with the silver

photo finish

of Teresa Portela in the final of K1 200m. In sailing, Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló finished fourth in the race for the 49er FX medals, as did Iago López and Diego Botín in the men's category, before Joan Cardona achieved bronze in the Finn class. The finishing touch was put by the men's soccer team, which beat Japan in extra time and reached the Olympic final thanks to a goal from Asensio in the 115th minute. They will play the final against Brazil.

In team sports, a great victory for the men's handball team, which beat Sweden (34-33) and will be in the semifinals of the Games. The men's basketball team had a worse fate, which was eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals (81-95), despite the great performance of Ricky Rubio, in the last game of Pau Gasol, at age 41, with the national team , like his brother Marc. The players of the water polo team won their duel against China (11-7) and will be in the semifinals fighting for the medals.

In addition, Simone Biles returned to the competition to play a balance beam final in which the two very young members of the Chinese delegation shone: Guan Chenchen, only 16 years old, took the gold with the most difficult exercise seen in the final and Tang Xijing, 18, took the silver ahead of Biles, who smiled again as he stepped off the most difficult element. The American gymnast had withdrawn the first day in the team event and gave up the rest of the modalities due to an anxiety problem.

In athletics, the day stands out for the majestic record of the Norwegian Karsten Warholm in the 400m hurdles: 45.94s.

And the victory of the Jamaican Elaine Thompson in the 200m (21.53s), with which she makes a double by having already achieved the victory in the 100m.

She is the first woman to win the two queen speed events in two consecutive Games.

The day came to an end with Mondo Duplantis' frustrated attempt to reach 6.19m in the pole vault final when he had already claimed gold at 6.02m.

The

results of the most outstanding events of the eleventh day

(peninsular time):

CANOEING.

Silver for Teresa Portela in the final of K1 200m.

CANDLE.

Joan Cardona wins bronze in Finn class.

Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló, and Diego Botín and Iago López Marra, in 49er, are fourth.

BASKETBALL.

The Spanish men's team is eliminated in the quarterfinals against the USA, 81-95.

In addition, they go to the semifinals: Slovenia (94-70 against Germany) and France (75-84 against France), who will face each other for a place in the final.

HANDBALL.

The men's handball team beats Sweden 34-33 and will be in the semifinals.

France (42-28 to Bahrain) and Denmark (31-25 to Norway), which will be Spain's rival, also go to the semifinals.

WATER POLO.

Quarterfinals of the women's tournament.

Spain beats China (11-7) and will be in the semifinals.

The USA (5-16 to Canada) and Hungary (beat the Netherlands 11-14) also go to the semifinals and will be the rival of Spain.

ATHLETICS.

Asier Martínez qualifies for the final of 110m hurdles with the best time of his series (13.32s).

Mohamed Katir, to the final of 5000m with the best time (13m30,10s).

Athing Mu, Olympic gold in the women's 800mm final (1m55.21s).

Elaine Thompson, gold in the women's 200m final (21.53s).

Armand Duplantis, Olympic gold with a 6.02m mark.

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS.

Balance beam gold for Guan Chenchen, silver for Tang Xijing and bronze for Simone Biles.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING.

The Spanish couple made up of Iris Tió and Alisa Ozhogina go to the duo final with the 11th best qualification.

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