On the 12th day of the Olympic Games have been played 16 sets of medals. The Russian athletes got only three medals. It is noteworthy that they won in a bitter struggle our girls, and in the literal sense of the word.
The result of the finals in freestyle wrestling in the category up to 69 kg has discouraged fans. Natalia Vorobyova confidently led the fight, almost no one doubted her victory. But just a few seconds before the end of the Japanese Sarah sharp pass DOS equalized (2:2). In the result the gold medal was awarded to the representative of the Country of the rising sun since she last performed productive action. Vorobieva only “silver”.
A similar situation exists in the same free-style wrestling, but in the category up to 58 kg Valeria Koblova in the fight against the famous Japanese Kaori ITE led from the start. But then the opponent reduced the deficit, and finally took the lead (3:2). The Russian took the second place.
The third medal, this time bronze in a moneybox of national team brought Anastasia Belyakova (Boxing). In the semifinal fight of the class up to 60 kg, she met Estelle Mossely from France. The Russian had the advantage in the first round, but suffered a broken arm, which was forced to stop the fight. The ring she went straight to the hospital.
Records
The Brazilians confirmed their status as one of the best players in the world. And although they never got Olympic gold in this sport, this year they are surely going to win. In the semifinal match of men’s team of the host country of the Games, defeated the team from Honduras. In this game was scored the fastest goal in the history of the Olympics. Striker Neymar took advantage of the blunder of the opponents and opened the scoring in the 16th second. In the final, the Brazilians will meet with the Germans – the current world Champions.
Meanwhile, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt is preparing to update the record on a distance of 200 m On the street is he has failed, he said, only because of the fact that he did not have time to rest before the final (when he still won the gold medal).
“I think that can definitely try to beat the world record (in the final), I definitely feel. I need to run efficiently, to run the course perfectly. If I can better take turns… I’ll hope for the 6-th or 7-th path, can be to run as good as possible,” said Bolt.
The fight for second place in the medal standings
In the remaining four days of the Olympics will be decided which country will take the second place in the medal standings. Currently, there is great Britain with 19 gold medals out of 50. But her back is China, which is also 19 awards of the higher test (54).
And for the fourth
Russia is located on the fourth line of the medal standings with 12 gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze medals. Followed by Germany, also collected 12 gold medals, but lagging in the number of silver and bronze medals. But be wary of our athletes need not only Germany. Japan is rapidly approaching him. On the eve of the representatives of the Country of the rising sun took three gold medals in freestyle wrestling (category 48, 58 and 69 kg), bringing the number of top awards to 10.
