The twelfth day of the 2024 Olympic Games has ended in Paris, with the US team continuing to lead the medal count, a Lenta.ru correspondent reports.
A total of 24 sets of medals were awarded. American athletes won three golds: the women’s team won the pursuit race on the track, Sarah Hildebrandt won the freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 50 kilograms, and Quincy Hall won the 400-meter run. In total, the team has 27 gold, 35 silver and 32 bronze medals.
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The Chinese team is in second place with 25 gold, 23 silver and 17 bronze medals. The Australians are in third place with 18 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze medals.
The award ceremony for the team tournament of the 2022 Winter Games figure skaters was held without Russians
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The ceremony took place at the Eiffel Tower as part of the “Day of Justice” — an event to present awards redistributed as a result of doping incidents. The gold medals went to the US team, silver to the Japanese team. The bronze went to the Russian team, but they were not invited to the ceremony.
Earlier, the Russian team appealed to the Visiting Panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS Ad Hoc Division) with a demand to cancel the award ceremony for the US and Japanese teams. The Russians wanted to cancel the event because they did not receive an invitation to it. According to the athletes, this violated their rights as Olympic medalists.
Now few people communicate with the IOC, everyone has fallen out. But the dialogue must continue, defend the interests of our athletes. Otherwise, we were not invited to the Olympics – we do not communicate. And in the end it turns out that our athletes were not awarded. We must move forward, the negotiation process in the sports community must be maintained.
The medals of the team tournament were redistributed due to the disqualification and annulment of the results of Russian Kamila Valieva. The Russian team moved from first to third place. All appeals in the case were rejected.
Former Russian cyclist sets Olympic record by several minutes
Mikhail Yakovlev, who now represents the Israeli national team, showed a time of 9.152 seconds in the track sprint qualification. However, a few minutes later, Australian Matthew Richardson (9.091) and Dutchman Harry Lavreisen (9.088) surpassed Yakovlev’s achievement. The athletes broke the world record, which belonged to Trinidadian Nicholas Paul.
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Yakovlev later reached the 1/16 finals of the sprint. However, he failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Yakovlev changed his sporting citizenship in November 2023. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ratified the decision without the approval of the Russian side.
Paris Mayor Denies Reports of Dirty Seine
Anne Hidalgo denied the information about athletes falling ill after swimming in the river. The politician called the reports fake. She emphasized that the triathletes had health problems for reasons beyond the quality of the water in the river.
After the triathlon competition, a representative of Kazakhstan Ekaterina Shabalina, Belgian Claire Michel and two New Zealand athletes were diagnosed with an intestinal infection. Due to a stomach infection, Swiss athletes Adrien Briffaud and Simon Westermann were unable to take part in the relay.
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Olympic organizers also said the swims were safe. Despite that, many athletes may miss training, according to the Associated Press. Several training sessions have already been canceled.
The women’s open water marathon will take place on August 8, and the men will take to the course on August 9.
Athlete Loses Olympic Wrestling Medal Due to 150 Gram Excess Weight
India’s Vinesh Phogat was left without a guaranteed medal at the 2024 Games in wrestling after collapsing due to dehydration and being hospitalized.
Despite all her efforts last night, this morning she weighed just over 50 kilograms.
Phogat was supposed to fight for gold against Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States. The Indian representative will not receive any medal after her disqualification.
Female boxers who failed gender test reach Olympic finals
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Iman Khelif defeated Djanjaem Suvannaphaeng of Thailand in the semi-finals. Thus, the Algerian is guaranteed a medal at the Paris Games. Khelif will face Yang Liu of China in the fight for gold.
After the fight, Khelif addressed the criticism she faced during her performance at the Paris Olympics, saying that the International Boxing Association (IBA) had wronged her and treated her unfairly.
This question affects the dignity and honor of every woman. The Arab population has known me for many years and has seen me box. But I have God on my side
Later, Lin Yuting of Taiwan, who also failed the gender test, defeated Esra Yildiz of Turkey in the semifinals of the 57 kg weight category. The fight lasted all three rounds and ended with Lin Yuting winning by unanimous decision 5-0.
After her defeat, Yildiz crossed her index fingers twice, hinting at her XX chromosomes. The same gesture was made by Svetlana Staneva of Bulgaria, who lost to Yuting in the quarterfinals.
Source: Lenta
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