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Golden Hizhnyak
How the eleventh day of the Olympics passed
Olympic champion in half -born Alexander Hizhnyak at the award ceremony. Photo: Yuri Safronov / "New Gazeta"
On Wednesday, August 7, the eleventh day of the Summer Olympic Games ended. About what he was remembered - in the review and photographs of the Sobrik "New" in Paris Yuri Safronov.
Let's start with the note that this day ended - with the beautiful victory of the Ukrainian receipt (up to 80 kg) of Alexander Hizhnyak . His tears during the performance of the anthem. His sworn dream, to which he went all his career. More precisely, they walked together-Alexander-Sin and Alexander-Othetz. And with them-not otherwise the Holy Spirit, because Alexander-Syn thoroughly crossed himself, rising to the highest step of the pedestal.
After the match, he will say at the press conference: “This is our (with the father) joint award”, “We live together at the training camp, at competitions 24 hours a day”, he trains me every day-“Whatever” ... and so from the age of five . Today, Alexander 29. It turns out that he needed some twenty-four years to get the most important medal on the planet.
But he couldn’t get it - it was already in 2021 in the final battle of the Olympics in Tokyo, when Alexander won the points of Brazilian Conseisan, but missed the knockout.
In the current battle with the 24-year-old Kazakhstan boxer Nurbek Oralbay (world champion-2023!), The bold and risky Sasha went on the attack from the very first seconds and did not reduce the pressure to the very end of the third round. This dynamic match looked and should seem beautiful even to those purestones (like me) who cannot stand it when people hit people in the face. The face of the Kazakhstani “master of the leather glove” bleed the most of the fight, and although he mostly defend himself well, but to win, it would still be necessary to attack. Hizhnyak almost did not give him such an opportunity.
“Infinite gratitude to God for this award,” the believer Alexander will say later. And at the same time, he will thank his wife, “his city” (Poltava, in which he was born and lives), “all Ukrainians” “and the whole world that supported me”.
When they asked him (for some reason twice in a row), whether he will now go to professionals and (or) he also wants to compete for gold* Los Angeles-2028, the Hizhnyak replied: “I can’t think about it now,” I fulfilled the main goal of his life-“we were preparing for it, for victory at this Olympics in Paris,” and so far I have everything.
Said ** (nevertheless they saw that he was crying):
“When he stood on the pedestal and the anthem sounded, he remembered this whole path: all training, work, my life. As he woke up, he fell asleep. Some thoughts were: the gold of the Olympics. And when the flag of Ukraine rose ... I love my country, I love everything in my country: earth, water, air. Wherever he rode ... always pulls to Ukraine, it is the best. And when the flag rose (...). It was very valuable to me ... And it was hard to restrain tears. He experienced his body with each cell, these emotions passed through me. ”
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The Cuban boxer (category up to 63.5 kg) Erislandi Alvarez , who defeated the formal favorite-three-time world champion and silver medalist of the OI-2021 Sofyan Umia , did not hide his emotions that evening. Alvarez dancing - and immediately after the battle, and after the award - and indicatively spokely boxed before the lens of the television cameras, and Salto made a pedestal at the foot of the pedestal.
After all, Alvarez won not only a formal favorite (the Cuban himself had “only” the “only” World Cup-2023 before this battle, and in the final he lost precisely Umia) , but also the owner, who was struggled to forward, the 15,000th stands of the main court of “Roland Garros” were driven forward. Umia and he walked forward, and passed on counterattacks. As the judges counted, he missed more. True, Umia, for the seconds that passed from the moment when the judge took them with his opponent after the fight, showed (raised up his hand), who was actually the winner, but the judges (3: 2) considered that he was wrong.
In general, in boxing on August 7, 2024 there was not a French evening-also the heavyweight (+92 kg) , Jamily-Dini Abuda Minlandze, lost in the semifinals the Spaniard Gadfa Drissi El-Assaui. The same story: the Frenchman attacked for the most part, but lost on points.
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French-from beginning to end-it turned out the evening at the 10 thousandth arena of Paris Sud 1 , at the volleyball match between the current Olympic champions (France) and the world champions (Italy).
An hour before the start of this match, from which they were waiting for an enchanting struggle in five sets, an incredible battle in another semi -finals ended: Poland -Ssha (25–23, 25–27, 14–25, 25–23, 15–13).
But the Italians for the whole match never could impose on the owners of their game and, lagging behind throughout the match , lost in three parties without options: 25:20, 25:21, 25:21.
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In the stadium of Pierre Morois in the suburbs of Lille, the French was waiting for a shocking ending in the male handball cherocules against Germany . Winning two goals 13 seconds before the end, the favorites, the Olympic champions , who so dreamed of gold at the home Olympics (and most importantly, who had every reason to dream!), As a result, lost in overtime 34:35. But in thirteen seconds before the end, the French not only had a very reliable advantage in handball for such a time, but also owned the ball! I’m afraid that terrible dreams about this match will dream of some French stars after years ... Someone will say that for the main French “legend” Nikola Karabatich is not so great, if you think: well, it remained a three-time Olympic champion, did not four times. But he was his first and last home Olympiad. And the latter in principle.
In the semifinals on August 9, they will play: Germany - Spapania and Slovenia - Slovenia.
Tonight, August 8, French basketball players will fight for access to the final ... with Germany, and the American Dream-Sim will beat the Serbian national team.
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What else happened on the eleventh day of the Olympics?
As on the previous day , a lot of medals were played in athletics. “A curious story happened in the throwing of the disk . At first, Mikolas Alekna from Lithuania broke the Olympic record of his father Virgilius (69.97 versus 69.89). But then the Jamaican Roger Roger , who threw the disk by exactly 70 meters, deprived him of gold and record, ”the OI official website reports .
In jumping with the sixth for the first time, the Australian Nina Kennedy - the result (4.90) is very far from the Ishinbaeva record, which has been holding for fifteen years (5.06).
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On the carpets "Grand Palais Ephemeer"-the days of decisive fights in the Greco-Roman struggle . Silver (in the category up to 77 kg) received Demeu Zhadraev from Kazakhstan and Arthur Aleksanyan from Armenia (up to 97 kg). In Aleksanyan, this is already the fourth Olympic medal in a career (gold-2016, two silver and bronze).
Disappointment was waiting for the current Olympic champion , deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the ruling party "Servant of the people" Jean Belenyuk (Ukraine). The defeat in the semifinals of the Iranian Alireza Mokhmadipiani (in the category up to 87 kg) was offensive: the Ukrainian was in the account, and lost with the result of 3: 3* (the enemy was given victory due to the last active action).
Today, Belenyuk will compete for bronze.
Another Ukrainian, Parviz Nasibov , on the contrary, won his semifinals (up to 67 kg) with the winner of the world and European championships Hasrat Jafarov from Azerbaijan.
Nasibov, the silver medalist of the Olympiad in Tokyo, today, of course, will consider the success of the 21-year-old Said Esmaili Levia success. Moreover, he came from Iran.
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And today we finish today with pictures from heavy athletics for "lightweight" men (up to 61 kg) .
For the first time I watched competitions in this sport, and therefore chose the idol purely intuitively - in appearance ... and especially by ear. The Thai athlete could not but submit to the charm of the Thai athlete, which, after each of his successful approach, artistically “represented” the audience three times exceeding his weight, which he had just managed to hold. In addition, the surname ... Well, how not to root for a barbell named Starechay ...
But ... do not choose only by external signs, you risk!
As a result, the “mine” Thiping Silachay was the second, by a wide margin, losing to the one from whom everyone was just victories and waited : the current Olympic champion and four-fold world 31-year-old Lee Fabini (China). 310 kg for the sum of two exercises and the Olympic record in a jerk (143 kg).
The impudent 20-year-old American Hampton Morris, who had not won, was actively eating forward, but still, he probably ate a little porridge, and therefore will receive bronze.
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