Russian tennis players in the final, a trampoline failure and confusion with flags. How the seventh day of the 2024 Games went

The seventh day of the Olympic Games in Paris has ended, the Chinese team has retained its lead in the medal count. This is reported by a correspondent of Lenta.ru.

At the end of the day, during which 23 sets of medals were contested, Chinese athletes took two more gold medals. Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan won the synchronized 3-meter springboard diving, and badminton players Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong took the top medal in the mixed doubles. Now the Chinese team has 13 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.

The French team came in second place with 11 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals. The Australians came in third, also with 11 gold medals, 6 silver and 5 bronze.

Tennis players guarantee Russia its first medal

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider, who had never played in pairs before the Olympics, continue to win. In the semifinals, the Russians easily broke the resistance of the Spanish pair Kristina Buksha/Sara Sorribes Tormo. In two sets, the Russian representatives gave up only three games to their opponents and became finalists of the Olympic tournament, guaranteeing Russia its first and, most likely, only medal at the current Games.

17-year-old Andreeva will become the youngest Olympic medalist in tennis in the last 32 years. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​16-year-old American Jennifer Capriati won the women’s singles, and since then there has been no one younger than the Russian among the medalists at the Games. The value of the medal Andreeva and Schneider will win will be known on Sunday, August 4. The Russians’ rivals will be Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.

Russian Bladtseva left without a medal

Russian trampoline jumper Angela Bladtseva had excellent chances not only to win a medal, but also to win. The athlete is the current overall World Cup champion, but she failed to make it into the top three at the Games. The judges rated her performance at 55.020 points, which was only enough for fifth place. Briton Bryony Paige won the competition, scoring 56.480 points. Silver went to Belarusian Violetta Bordilovskaya (56.060).

Bladtseva burst into tears after her performance and also admitted that she considers it the hardest defeat in her life. In turn, the head coach of the Russian trampoline team, Alexey Ryzhkov, criticized the judging. “In any case, she could not have received such a low technical score. What we have is what we have. Yes, she somehow failed to cope with her psychology. She is young. To be honest, it is unclear,” Ryzhkov added.

Georgian judoka disqualified

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has disqualified Georgian Guram Tushishvili for unsportsmanlike conduct. The reason was the judoka’s push of his French opponent Teddy Riner after the end of the quarter-final bout in the over 100 kilogram weight category. In addition, Tushishvili put his hand on the face of the Frenchman, who later won the Olympics.

The Georgian judoka was suspended from participating in the repechage round of the Games in individual competitions, as well as from performing in the mixed team tournament. The final period of Tushishvili’s disqualification will be determined by a special IJF commission. The organization noted that the Georgian athlete’s behavior is contrary to the spirit of judo.

The swimmer lost consciousness

Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka lost consciousness after swimming the 200m individual medley. The 21-year-old, who finished 23rd in the qualification, fainted as she exited the pool. Medics provided her with first aid and took her to hospital wearing an oxygen mask.

This is Potocka’s first Olympic Games. At the 2024 World Championships, she took 14th place in the 200m medley.

Flags mixed up in Games broadcast

The Olympic track and field broadcasters mistakenly included the Russian flag in the table. Before the start of the hammer throw competition, a line indicating the world and Olympic records should have appeared.

The world record (86.74 meters) was set in 1986 by Yuri Sedykh, opposite whom the USSR flag was placed. The Olympic record (84.80 meters) was set at the 1988 Games by Soviet athlete Sergei Litvinov, but the organizers mistakenly placed the Russian tricolor opposite his name.