Spain wins two new medals and its record of achievements in these Olympic Games rises to 17. The United States beats France in men’s basketball.
Yesterday was a day when Spain shone in the water in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He women’s water polo team managed to beat Australia 11-9 which gave them the olympic gold medal.
It is worth highlighting the performance of goalkeeper Martina Terre with 15 stops. This result makes the team get rid of the bad taste in the mouth of the final of the Tokyo Olympics and London in which they lost in both finals.
It is not the only medal we scored in our olympic medal table to Spain yesterday. Since he boxeador Ayoub He won silver in the +92kg Boxing final, rounding off the great Spanish performance in that sport.
What medals does Spain compete for on the closing day of the Games?
Today being the last day and with a closing scheduled for 9:00 p.m. in which we will see great music stars performthese are the competitions that remain to be closed, where, in addition, we have Spanish athletes fighting for a medal
- 8:00. Athletics. women’s marathon. End. Ester Navarrete, Majida Maayouf and Meritxell Soler
- 9:00.Handball. Party for the bronze male. Spain-Slovenia
- 9:00. Water polo. Match for 5th and 6th place for men. Spain-Greece
- 11:00 – 11:40 – 12:10 – 12:40. modern pentathlon. Final feminine. (Horse Riding-Fencing-Swimming-Laser Run). Laura Heredia.
Portugal wins its first gold in the games and in track cycling
The Portuguese duo, Rui Oliveira and Iuri Leitao, have taken the gold medal in the madison event, indoor cycling, of the Paris Olympic Games held at the National Velodrome of Saint Quentin-En-Yvelines.
Portugal added a total of 55 points, compared to 47 from Italy and 41 from Denmark, which took silver and bronze respectively.
The United States has won the Olympic gold medal for the fifth consecutive time
Stephen Curry scored 24 points and led the victory by 98-87 over France in the final of the Paris Games on Saturday night. It is the 17th victory for the Americans of the 20 all-time participations in the Games.
Curry made four 3-pointers in the last 2:43including the one that sealed the victory with 1:19 remaining. He put the United States up 93-84 and he jumped around the court screaming, waving his jersey so everyone could see the “USA” on the front.
As if that were not enough, with 30 seconds left he did another one, with the “going to sleep” movement, in which he puts his hands on the sides of his face.
Kevin Durant -the first quadruple men’s gold medalist in Olympic basketball history– scored 15 points for the Americans, as did Devin Booker. AND LeBron Jameswearing metallic gold shoes, scored 14 for the United States in winning its fourth Olympic medal and third gold.
For the second consecutive Olympics, the French had to watch as the Americans brought out their country’s flags in celebration after the title match. three years ago, The French lost to the United States 87-82 in Tokyoand this match was decided in the last minutes.
United States wins its fifth gold medal in women’s soccer
The United States women’s soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beat Brazil 1-0 with an early goal from Mallory Swanson in the second half of the tournament final. The Americans, who had not won gold since the 2012 London Olympics, closed an unbeaten run to the title in their first international campaign under new coach Emma Hayes.
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher preserved the victory with a one-handed save on Adriana’s header in added time at the Parc des Princes. At the final whistle, The American players celebrated the victory while ‘Born in the USA’ sounded in the stadiumthe Bruce Springsteen.
France defeats Poland and defends gold in men’s volleyball
France beat Poland 25-19, 25-20 and 25-23 to add his second consecutive victory at the top of the Olympic podium.
The players hugged, waved and smiled, excited that their entire country was part of another celebration in a sport they had just mastered. Once the shiny medals were hung around their necks, the French sang their national anthem in unison with thousands of followers.
ADVERTISING“Es crazy to win in front of these fans“, from our family, from our friends, it’s incredible, we have no words to describe it,” declared Trévor Clévenot, a 30-year-old French outside hitter. “It’s incredible and we are very happy. It’s incredible to win here, in Parisin front of our followers.”
Ethiopia ends Kenya’s dominance in Olympic marathon
The runner Ethiopian Tamirat Tola won the men’s marathon to end Kenya’s dominance in the race. Tola finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 26 seconds. Belgian Bashir Abdi finished 21 seconds behind and Benson Kipruto took bronze for Kenya, 34 seconds behind. The last non-Kenyan to win was Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich at the 2012 London Games.
Eliud Kipchogeone of the favorites, stopped at kilometer 31 of the marathon event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and withdrew from the Olympic event.
China completes unprecedented Olympic sweep in diving
Cao Yuan retained his title in the men’s 10m platform to give China an unprecedented sweep of the springboard diving gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
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Norway defeats defending champions France to win handball gold
Norwaythe great power of women’s handball, beat France, champion in Tokyo, by 29-21 in the women’s final of the Paris Games and won her third Olympic gold medal, the first since 2012.
The Norwegian players jumped for joy and crowded around in celebration before goalkeeper Katrine Lunde grabbed a flag and ran through the Bercy Arena in Paris with it raised high. Henny Reistad once again demonstrated her prolific scoring ability with eight goals on 12 shots.
China, first non-European team to win gold in rhythmic gymnastics
China made a splash on Saturday in rhythmic gymnastics, becoming the first non-European country to win the Olympic gold medal in the group eventfinishing just ahead of Israel and Italy.
ADVERTISINGEl equipo chino, formado por Ding Xinyi, Guo Qiqi, Hao Ting, Huang Zhangjiayang y Wang Lanjing, added a total of 69,800 points in the finall, divided into two routines: one with hoops and another with ribbons and balls.
