Gleb Korepanov: The eighth day of the Olympics. Main

Gleb Korepanov On the right - Michael Felps. Olympiad website (Getty Images/Richard Heathcote)

The Russian team rose to sixth place in the unofficial general team of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. According to the results of the eighth day of the competition on the account of athletes 23 medals: six gold, nine silver and eight bronze. Yesterday, Russian athletes managed to win only one medal. Russian sabbins Sofya the Great, Yana Yegoryan, Julia Gavrilova and Ekaterina Dyachenko won gold in team competitions. In the final, they defeated the Ukrainian team with a score of 45:30. The US team (24 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze awards) confidently leads in the medal standings. The second place is occupied by Chinese athletes (13-11-17). The British are closed by the top three (10-13-7).

The first two -time Olympic champion Rio appeared in the Russian national team. This is the Sabbysist Yana Yegoryan. She received the first gold after she defeated Sophia the Great in the individual finale. The second - yesterday, thanks to the victory over the Ukrainian team in the team tournament. On the way to the awards, perhaps the most difficult match turned out with Americans in the semifinals. Those even led during the meeting, but thanks to the dry victory of the great Vozniak over Dagmara, the team managed to turn the situation and keep the advantage.

As a result, Russian sabbins in the final match met with the Ukrainian team - the first in the history of the species by the Olympic champions. The meeting ended with the victory of the Russian team with a score of 45:30. “Now I can already say that not just a great named, but in fact there is a great athlete,” Sofya the Great later said. She added that she changed her mind to complete his sports career, but instead would take a short pause. The Americans won bronze medals, who prevailed over the Italian sabbins - 45:30.

Thus, Russia became the first country to win four gold medals in fencing at the games, and the head coach of the Russian fencing team, Ilgar Mammadov, kept his promise to shave, if his wards win two gold medals in Rio competitions.

Yesterday, the Russian swing in combined relay races, which completed the swimming program, was a good opportunity to win medals. As a result, the Russian team took only sixth place, lagging behind the leader, the US team, 2.53 seconds. Nevertheless, Anastasia Fesikova, Julia Efimova, Svetlana Chimrov and Veronika Popova showed the best time for Russia, breaking the 2012 Olympics in London. The male team performed better, but stopped one step from the Olympic podium - fourth place.

The American swimmer Michael Felps became a 23-fold gold medalist of the Olympics and announced the end of his career. In the final of the combined relay, the US team finished in 3 minutes and 27.95 seconds, setting an Olympic record. “I went to the pool and felt that I was about to pay. The last warm-up, the last time I put on the costume, the last time I came out in front of thousands of fans, ”said 31-year-old Felps.

At the Olympics in Rio, the American swimmer won five gold medals. Having become a 23-fold Olympic champion, Felps caught up with the number of gold awards of all Russian and Soviet swimmers combined.

The next bad news associated with a doping scandal. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirmed the removal of the jump in the length of Daria Klisina, the only Russian athlete admitted to the games in Rio. “We have withdrawn permission to participate in international competitions based on new information,” said IAAF representative. According to him, Klavina was notified of this last week.

The athlete filed a lawsuit against its removal to the sports arbitration court (CAS). The hearing in the Clishina case will take place today at 17:00 Moscow time. It is expected that the effective part will be announced on Monday, August 15. On the schedule, on August 16, Klishin should act at the qualifying competitions.

“Now sports justice has gone beyond common sense, legal foundations that exist in the world. I want - I will decide it one way or so. The WADA code has clear norms, but there is no such norm when you are found on the list of mcLaren and are not allowed, there is no such thing. I won’t be surprised if they may have a couple of shows prepared, ”commented on the situation of Russian Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko.

On the ninth competitive day, 22 sets of awards will be played.

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