Anton Bykov: The Olympiad through the eyes of a non -lane. The second day

Anton Bykov American swimmer Michael Felps wikipedia.org

In Rio de Janeiro Monday, the Olympics is gaining momentum and “Polit.ru” carefully monitors everything that happens at the games and around them. You can read a brief overview of the first day of the competition here . The second day was no less rich in records and dramatic interchanges. A clear favorite of awards appeared in the medal standings - this is the US national team, in the piggy bank of which is already 12 medals. With three gold medals, Americans share first place with the national teams of China and Australia. The asset of the Russian team has one gold medal, two silver, two bronzes and seventh place in a team standings. All results of the second day can be seen here . We chose the three Olympic events of Sunday and examined them from the point of view of third -party observers who have only an indirect attitude to sports.

1. Removing Russian Paralympicians

The main news of yesterday is not related to the rally of awards, which looks quite normal for the current Olympiad. The International Paralympic Committee (MPC) removed Russian athletes from the Paralympics, which starts on September 7 in Brazil. The Committee made such a decision based on the report of the WADA independent commission, led by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, which describes the doping scheme for Russian athletes, supervised at the state level. Speaking at a press conference, the head of the Ministry of State Pedagogical University Philip Craven eagerly collapsed to the Russian authorities, saying that he was inspired by a worldview that puts medals above morality.

Head of the Ministry of State Pedagogical Code of Philip Craveven / Kremlin.ru

Why did the MPC decide to do what their colleagues from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could not go to? The leading sports media of Russia write that the Paralympicians simply turned out to be extreme in "Stories with Anti -Doping attacks on our country." “Soviet Sport” has released material about the removal of Russian Paralympicians under the heading: “ Patients on the head ”. The President of the Paralympic Committee of Russia (PCR) Vladimir Lukin said that the vast majority of athletes in the team are “clean”. That is, he does not deny that a certain number of Paralympicians who were supposed to go to Brazil took prohibited drugs.

McLaren reports 35 Paralympicians, but the PCR claims that not one of them is included in the national team, which is declared for games in Rio. The leadership of the MPC explains that the Paralympic Committee of Russia could not guarantee the implementation of anti -doping rules. In addition, the Russian side could not answer the question of whether the state doping system exists, referring to the need for investigation. “A commission was created to investigate this situation, I entered it because I myself want to figure it out,” said the President of the PCR. From the mouth of a person who was the first to learn about the use of doping controlled by athletes, sounds unconvincing.

Russian Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko has already stated that the decision of the Ministry of Publics forces will be protested in the arbitration court in Lausanne. The Russian side has 21 days to appeal. In addition, all doping tests of the Paralympicians that were handed over at the games in Sochi will be repeated. Since this will happen for the next months, and before the start of the competition there was nothing left, the likelihood that the Russian Paralympicians will be able to go to Brazil is striving for zero. It is hardly worth counting on the favor of sports arbitration.

2. Records of the Olympic basin

But back to Rio de Janeiro, where four records were installed in the Olympic basin yesterday. American Michael Felps broke his own record for gold medals at the Olympic Games, becoming the only 19-time Olympic champion in history. Felps in the team with Caleb Dressel, Ryanl Hell and Test Adrin sailed the baton four in 100 meters in frequency in 3 minutes 09.92 seconds. Silver was received by swimmers from France, bronze - the Australians. In this form, Russia could also count on the medal, at preliminary competitions it became the best. Before the final swim, the audience boiled the Russian swimmers when they reached the steps of the pool. As a result, the quartet sailed the fourth, showing the time 3 minutes 11.64 seconds.

Congrats @michaelphelps on your 19th Gold Medal !!! #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/dsx15voyw1

- What's Trending (@whatstrending) August 8, 2016

The three other finals in swimming ended with world records. American Katie Ledeki broke the record set for her in a 400 -meter swim with free -style. The 19-year-old swing overcame the distance in 3 minutes 56.46 seconds, which is almost 2 seconds faster than the previous record. The British Adam Pete, on a hundred -meter, Brass, improved his world record set by him the day before, by more than 0.4 seconds, having sailed the distance in 57.13 seconds. In the final of the swim of 100 meters, the butterfly of the new world record set the Swede Sarah Shoster, showing the result of 55.48 seconds.

In two days of the Olympics, six world records were broken. Katie Ledeki asks not to be surprised at this: “Just we, all athletes, prepare ourselves for the peak precisely for the Olympics, in this four -year cycle. And the point is that we want to become better and go forward. ”

3. Drama of the tennis court

Novak Djokovic /youtube.com

The tears of the first racket of the world of Novak Djokovic after the defeat in the first circle from the Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro - for now, perhaps, the most dramatic moment of the Olympics. The winner of the 12 Tournaments of the Grand Slam, Djokovic has never become an Olympic champion. In Rio, he was sown under the first number and was considered the main contender for a gold medal. But, like four years ago, in London, an insurmountable obstacle on his way to victory was the same Del Potro, an old friend of Jokovic. The Argentinean did not even break the morning incident: he was stuck in an elevator in the Olympic village for 40 minutes. Djokovich tried to maintain his composure, but leaving the court, he could not restrain his tears: “There is no doubt that this is one of the most severe defeats in my life. This is not my first and not last loss, but the defeat at the Olympics is completely different. ”

C'est l'mage de la soirée @djockernole est sorti en larmes du central de #rio2016 https://t.co/EFJ20UJSYR

- We love tennis (@welovetennis) August 8, 2016

Sensitive defeat was also suffered by the sisters of Serena and Vinus Williams, who met with the Czechs of Lucy Shafarzhova and Barbora Strytsova in the first round match. The meeting ended with a score of 6: 3, 6: 4 in favor of tennis players from the Czech Republic. Thus, the Williams sisters lost the status of Olympic champions in a paired category. Before that, they won the games in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

Today, August 8, 14 sets of medals in eight sports will be played in Rio: judo, swimming, jumping in water, rugby, sports gymnastics, shooting, severe athletics and fencing. Tomorrow we will summarize the third day of the Olympics, but for now, follow the news on Polit.ru and read the comments of our experts.

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