Olympics. Day 12

Russian athletes won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the London Olympics on August 8. According to the results of the 12th competition day, Russia took 5th place in the team competition.

Lyubov Volosova won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 63 kg.

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The second bronze was brought by 18-year-old athlete Alexey Denisenko in the taekwondo competition in the weight category up to 58 kg. Denisenko defeated Australian Safwan Khalil with a score of 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1).

Alexey Denisenko (right). Photo: Reuters

Elena Sokolova won the silver medal in the long jump competition. She set a personal best by jumping 7.07 meters. American Britney Rees took gold.

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“Gold” was brought by athlete Natalya Antyukh, who beat Lashinda Demus from the USA in the 400-meter hurdles race.

Natatya Antyukh (right). Photo: Reuters

Athlete Ekaterina Kostetskaya took second place in the first semi-final. Tatyana Tomashova became third in the second race. Thus, they made it into the women's 1500m final.

Ekaterina Kostetskaya (left). Photo: Reuters

The Russian men's basketball team reached the semi-finals. Russian basketball players beat the Lithuanian team with a score of 83:74.

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The Russian men's volleyball team confidently beat the Polish team and reached the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament.

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Nadezhda Torlopova defeated Chinese Li Jinji and reached the final of the Olympic women's boxing tournament in the weight category up to 75 kg. Torlopova will fight with Clarissa Shields from the USA.

Nadezhda Torlopova (right). Photo: Reuters

Sofia Ochigava reached the finals in the women's boxing competition in the up to 60 kg weight category. Ochigawa defeated Brazilian Adriana Araujo with a score of 17:11. Ochigawa will face Ireland's Katie Taylor for gold.

Russian athlete Evgenia Poistogova came second in the 800-meter race and reached the semifinals.

Tatyana Lysenko, the current world champion in the hammer throw, reached the final of the track and field athletics tournament on her first attempt - she threw the projectile at 74.43 m. At the same time, the Olympic standard is 73.00 m.

Ilya Shkurenev, after 18th place in running, showed 13th result in jumping (7.25) and rose to 16th place in the decathlon.

Ilya Shkurenev (in the center). Photo: Reuters

Russian Andrei Zamkovoy reached the 1/2 finals of the Olympic boxing tournament in the weight category up to 69 kg. Zamkovoy defeated American Eroll Spence with a score of 16:11 (4:3, 5:4, 7:4).

There were some incidents. Cuban Lazaro Borges's pole broke while performing a jump.

Lazaro Borges during a pole break. Photo: Reuters

The athlete did not receive any serious injuries and was able to continue his performances.

Russian fans in the stands. Photo: Reuters