Olympic diploma for Jon Rahm, who finishes fifth after almost medaling

Olympic diploma for Jon Rahm, who finishes fifth after almost medaling

Euskaraz irakurri: Diploma olinpikoa irabazi by Jon Rahmek, dominak gertu izan ostean

Jon Rahm has been unable to win a medal that seemed almost guaranteedbut on the second and last nine holes he collapsed with three bogeys, the last one on the 17th with which he ended up moving away at least from the bronze, and a tough double bogey on the 14th.

For his part, the American Scottie Scheffler He was the world number one this Sunday, with a spectacular card of 62 strokes (9 under par) On the fourth and final day, he hopes to win the gold medal in the men’s golf tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which has been taking place since Thursday at Le Golf National and from which Jon Rahm leaves empty-handed after having come close to winning the title.

The 2022 and 2024 Masters champion lurked in the first three days of the Olympic tournament, without taking much prominence. But he saved everything for the decisive moment. He deployed all the golf repertoire that keeps him number one to end up winning gold by one stroke over Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood, silver medallist.

Rahm was close to gold

He bronze It was finally for him Japanese Hideki Matsuyamato the detriment of Jon Rahm, who led the tournament by up to four strokes and was within sight of the gold medal, but left empty-handed from his first Olympic experience after missing the Tokyo 2020 Games after testing positive for Covid-19. Rahm settled for fifth place, four strokes behind the champion.

Source: Eitb

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