Markéta Vondroušová is cheering in the match of the Olympic tournament in Tokyo.
Mike Segar, Reuters
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In the semifinals, Vondroušová will face four Elena Svitolinová from Ukraine, with whom she lost three times and last year she defeated her for the first time in clay court in Rome. The Ukrainian winner of the 2018 Champions’ Tournament played four years ago in Rio de Janeiro, where she took care of the sensation by eliminating Serena Williams, but lost to Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals. The second pair consists of the conqueror Barbora Krejčíková, the Swiss Belinda Bencicová and Jelena Rybakinová from Kazakhstan.
There is no shortage of surprises in the women’s doubles, and Krejčíková and Siniaková are the only one of the eight pairs left in the game. They want to confirm the role of the number one in the semifinals, but the Russian Jelena Vesninová and Veronika Kuděrmětovová stopped them in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon this year, even though they had to avert four match balls. The Russians then reached the finals on the London grass.
The vice-champion of Europe in trap shooting Lipták won the two-day qualification. Like him, David Kostelecký, the owner of the 2008 Olympic gold in Beijing, was flawless today. Both of them advanced to the top six, which will win medals from 8:30 CEST.
| Czech Olympic participation on Thursday in Tokyo: |
| 2:50 rowing – final A: Vraštil, Šimánek |
| 2:50 sport shooting – trap men: Lipták, Kostelecký |
| 4:09 Golf Men – Round 1: Lieser |
| 4:50 rowing – skiff men – semifinal C / D: Fleissner |
| 5:00 yachting – RS: X men – 10.-12. race: Bench |
| 7:00 water slalom – C1 women – semifinal: Fišerová |
| 8:00 tennis – women’s doubles – semifinal: Krejčíková, Siniaková – Kuděrmětovová, Vesninová (RUS) |
| 9:00 beach volleyball – basic group: Perusic, Schweiner – Gaxiola, Rubio (Mex.) |
| cca v 11:00 tennis – women’s singles – semifinal: Vondroušová – Svitolinová (UKR) |
| 12:43 swimming – heats – 100m bow tie men: Šefl, 13:05 200 m female sign: Kubová |
Canoeist Tereza Fišerová advanced safely to the finals of the Olympic water slalom race. She set the second time in the semifinals, better only seven-time world champion Jessica Fox from Australia, for whom Fišerová lost 2.64 seconds. The final with the top ten will start at 8:45 CEST.
Lightweight double skiff Miroslav Vraštil, Jiří Šimánek won fourth place in the final, three medal boats from the last World Championship were beyond the strength of the Czech national team. Irish world champions Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan won more gold, the Germans finished second and the third Italians had a lead of 2.12 seconds over the Czech crew.
HOPE FOR TOKYO 2021
Profiles of Czech sports stars and interviews with the biggest medal hopes for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021, which they begin on July 23 and end on August 8 and where he is in action a total of 115 Czech athletes.
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Skier Jan Fleissner took third place in the so-called C / D semifinals and advanced to the C finals.
Golfers will play their four-round tournament and among the sixty participants, the Czech representative Ondřej Lieser will be at the games for the first time. The first player in the world rankings, the Spaniard Jon Rahm, lost his participation due to the coronavirus, but even without him the tournament will be a parade of golf stars. Among the brightest are the American Colin Morikawa, who won the British Open a week before the games, and the home Hideki Majucama, who wore a green jacket for the Masters winners in Augusta this year.
After all, the Czech beach volleyball players will have their Olympic start! Ondřej Perušič’s coronavirus quarantine ended on Wednesday, so he and David Schweiner can compete against the Mexican couple José Rubio, Josué Gaxiola. The Czechs already have a contum with the Latvian pair to their credit and only a win can really keep them in the game of advancing to the elimination part. After a week without training, however, they admit that it will be a difficult task.
Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games
2021 Olympic Games with designation Tokyo 2020 are in progress from July 23 to August 8, 2021. The Summer Olympics are held without spectators and there are 115 Czech athletes in action. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the Czechs won ten medals (one gold, two silver and seven bronzes).
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American swimmer Caeleb Dressel dominated the hundred crawler at the Tokyo Games and reached the fourth Olympic gold of his career. For the first time, however, he succeeded in individual discipline. The first ever medal at a major international event went to his compatriot Robert Finke in the 800 meters freestyle, which premiered this year under five rings, and Australian Izaac Stubblety-Cook for the 200 meters breaststroke. The Chinese Zhang Yufei dominated the two-hundred butterfly butterfly and followed on from Monday’s silver from the halfway line. At the end of the program, she also won the new world record in the new world record of 7: 40.33 together with Yang Jün-süan, Chang Mu-chan and Li Ping-tie in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
In the women’s competition, Kenyan beach volleyball players Brackcides Khadambi and Gaudencia Makokha set an infamous record on the Tokyo sands. The Americans Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcilla were able to resist in just 25 minutes, which according to the AP agency is the fastest women’s match at the Olympic Games since the introduction of the points system 19 years ago. At that time, the FIVB agreed to count without losses and sets up to 21 points. The Kenyans in Shiokaz Park gave the American pair only 14 points and lost 8:21 and 6:21.
He gets out of a closely watched fight
The reigning two-time pole vault world champion Sam Kendricks from the USA had a positive test result for covid-19 and will lose his start at the Tokyo Olympics. He will get out of his expected duel with world record holder Armand Duplantis from Sweden. Athletic competitions start in Tokyo on Friday, the finals of the pole are scheduled for Tuesday.
Two foreign participants in the Olympic Games infected with coronavirus had to be hospitalized in Tokyo. The unnamed are the first participants in the games, which are known to have ended up in the hospital scene in connection with the covid-19. As in other cases, the organizers did not disclose their identities.
| XXXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics: |
| ROWING: |
| Men: |
| Lightweight double scale: |
| 1. McCarthy, O’Donovan (Ir.) 6:06,43 |
| 2. Rommelmann, Osborne (DEU) 6: 07.29 |
| 3. Oppo, Ruth (It.) 6: 14.30 |
| 4. Vraštil, Šimánek (CZE) 6: 16.42 |
| 5. Van Zandweghe, Brys (Belgium) 6:18,10 |
| 6. Cetraro Berriolo, Kluver Ferreira (Uruguay) 6: 24,21. |
| Deuceless couple: |
| 1. V. Sinkovic, M. Sinkovic (HRV) 6: 15.29 |
| 2. Tudosa, Cozmiuc (Rum.) 6: 16,58 |
| 3. Vystavel, Sutton (DEN) 6: 19,88 |
| 4. Langerfeld, McCabe (Kan.) 6: 20.43 |
| 5. Mackovic, Vasic (SRB) 6: 22.34 |
| 6. Canalejo Pazos, García Ordónez (Šp.) 6: 25,25. |
| Women: |
| Lightweight double scale: |
| 1. Rodiniová, Cesariniová (It.) 6:47,54 |
| 2. Tarantolaová, Boveová (Fr.) 6:47,68 |
| 3. Paulis, Keijser (NZL) 6: 48.03 |
| 4. Craig, Grant (Brit.) 6: 48.04 |
| 5. Reckford, Sechser (USA) 6: 48.54 |
| 6. Cozmiucová, Beleagaová (Rum.) 6:49,40. |
| Deuceless couple: |
| 1. Gowler, Prendergast (N. Zél.) 6: 50.19 |
| 2. Oryabinská, Stěpanovová (Rus.) 6: 51.45 |
| 3. Filmer, Janssens (CAN) 6: 52.10 |
| 4. Gloverová, Swannová (Brit.) 6:54,96 |
| 5. Kyriduová, Burmpuová (Řec.) 6: 57,11 |
| 6. Cidová, Díazová (Šp.) 7: 00.05. |
| C / D semifinals with Czech participation: |
| Men’s Skiff: |
| 1. Parry (NZL) 6: 57.70, |
| …3. Fleissner (CZ) 6: 59.61 – advanced to the final C. |
| RUGBY: |
| Women: |
| Group A: |
| Russia – Great Britain 12:14 (5: 7) |
| New Zealand – Kenya 29: 7 (17: 7), |
| 11:30 New Zealand – Great Britain, |
| 12:00 Russia – Kenya. |
| Group B: |
| France – Fiji 12: 5 (7: 5) |
| Canada – Brazil 33: 0 (7: 0) |
| 09:30 Canada – Fiji, |
| 10:00 France – Brazil. |
| Group C: |
| USA – China 28:14 (7: 7) |
| Australia – Japan 48: 0 (24: 0), |
| 10:30 Australia – China, |
| 11:00 USA – Japan. |
| BASKETBALL: |
| Women: |
| Group A: |
| Canada – South Korea 74:53 (16:15, 33:28, 49:39), |
| 10:20, Spain – Serbia. |
| HANDBALL: |
| Women: |
| Group A: |
| Netherlands – Angola 37:28 (17:15), |
| 07:15 Japan – South Korea, |
| 09:15 Montenegro – Norway. |
| Group B: |
| Spain – Brazil 27:23 (13:13), |
| 12:30 Hungary – Russia |
| 14:30 Sweden – France. |
| TABLE TENNIS: |
| Women: |
| Singles Semifinals: |
| Chen Meng (CHN) – Mengyu Yu (SGP) 4: 0 (6, 8, 7, 6) |
| Sun Jingsha (CHN) – Ito (JPN) 4: 0 (3, 9, 6, 4). |
| 13:00, for 3rd place: Mengyu Yu – Ito, |
| 14:00, final: Chen Meng – Sun Jingsha. |
| WATER POLO: |
| Men: |
| Group A: |
| Hungary – South Africa 23: 1 (4: 0, 5: 0, 8: 0, 6: 1), |
| 07:00 USA – Italy, |
| 11:20 Greece – Japan. |
| Group B: |
| Spain – Kazakhstan 16: 4 (3: 0, 3: 0, 5: 2, 5: 2), |
| 08:30 Croatia – Montenegro, |
| 12:50 Serbia – Australia. |
| SWIMMING: |
| Men: |
| 100 m v. zp: |
| 1. Dressel (USA) 47,02 |
| 2. Chalmers (Austr.) 47,08 |
| 3. Kolesnikov (Rus.) 47.44 |
| 4. Grousset (Fr.) 47.72 |
| 5. Hwang Sun-u (Korea) 47,82 |
| 6. Miressi (It.) 47,86 |
| 7. Popovici (Rum.) 48.04 |
| 8. Németh (HUN) 48.10. |
| 200 m prsa: |
| 1. Stubblety-Cook (Austr.) 2:06,38 |
| 2. Kamminga (Niz.) 2:07,01 |
| 3. Mattsson (Fin.) 2: 07.13 |
| 4. Čupkov (RUS) 2: 07.24 |
| 5. Fink (USA) 2:07,93 |
| 6. Wilby (Brit.) 2:08,19 |
| 7. Mura (Jap.) 2: 88.42 |
| 8. Persson (SWE) 2: 08.88. |
| 800 m v. zp.: |
| 1. Finke (USA) 7: 41.87 |
| 2. Paltrinieri (It.) 7: 42.11 |
| 3. Romanchuk (UKR) 7: 42.33 |
| 4. Wellbrock (DEU) 7: 42.68 |
| 5. McLoughlin (Austr.) 7:45,00 |
| 6. Frolov (Ukr.) 7:45, 11 |
| 7. Auböck (Rak.) 7: 49,14 |
| 8. Costa (Braz.) 7:53.31. |
| Women: |
| 200 m mot .: |
| 1. Chang Yufei (China) 2: 03.86 |
| 2. Smith (USA) 2: 05.30 |
| 3. Flickingerová (USA) 2:05,65 |
| 4. Kapásová (Hungary) 2: 06.53 |
| 5. Čimrovová (Rus.) 2: 07.70 |
| 6. Yu Li-yen (China) 2: 07.85 |
| 7. Thomas (Brit.) 2: 07.90 |
| 8. Throssellová (Austr.) 2: 09,48. |
| 4×200 m v. zp .: |
| 1. China (Yang Junchuan, Chang Muhan, Chang Yufei, Li Pingji) 7: 40.33 – world record |
| 2. USA (Schmitt, Madden, McLaughlin, Ledecká) 7: 40.73 |
| 3. Australia (Titmus, McKeon, Wilson, Neale) 7: 41.29 |
| 4. Canada 7: 43.77 |
| 5. Russia 7: 52.15 |
| 6. Germany 7: 53.89 |
| 7. Hungary 7: 56.62 |
| 8. France 7: 58.15. |
| VOLLEYBALL: |
| Women: |
| Group A: |
| South Korea – Dominican Republic 3: 2 (20, -17, 18, -15, 12), |
| 07:20 Serbia – Kenya, |
| 12:40 Japan – Brazil. |
| Group B: |
| Italy – Argentina 3: 0 (21, 16, 15), |
| 09:25 China – Russia, |
| 14:45 USA – Turkey. |
| BADMINTON: |
| Mixed Doubles Semifinals: |
| Cheng Swei, Chuang Yichong (China) – Tang Chun Man, Tse Ying Suet (HKG) 2: 0 (16, 12) |
| Wang I-lu, Chuang Tungping (China) – Watanabe, Higashin (JPN) 2: 1 (-21, 15, 14). |
| FIELD HOCKEY: | |||||||
| Men: | |||||||
| Group A: | |||||||
| Indie – Argentina 3:1 (0:0). | |||||||
| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21:8 | 12 |
| 2. | Indie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 | 9 |
| 3. | Spain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:9 | 4 |
| 4. | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10:12 | 4 |
| 5. | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6:10 | 4 |
| 6. | Japan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7:13 | 1 |
| Group B: | |||||||
| Belgium – Canada 9:1 (2:1) | |||||||
| South Africa – Germany 4: 3 (2: 3) | |||||||
| Netherlands – Great Britain 2: 2 (1: 0). | |||||||
| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24:7 | 12 |
| 2. | The Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:10 | 7 |
| 3. | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9:9 | 7 |
| 4. | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:9 | 6 |
| 5. | JAR | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:20 | 3 |
| 6. | Canada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5:23 | 0 |
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