Wednesday night and Thursday morning in Argentina it will be full of action. Some representatives albicelestes will make their debut at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, While others They seek to continue making history in Japanese territory.
The first to go on stage was Ruben Rezola, who played the semifinals K1 200 meters in canoeing, where he was seventh in his regatta and lost the opportunity to get on the podium. The Santa Fe native who had to be in the top four to fight for the medals, your participation in Tokyo starting at 23.35 (Argentina time) with Final B, which will define from the ninth to 16th position. A few moments later, it will be the turn of Brenda rojas, who will try to strike in Women’s K1 500 meters.
Later, Sergio Ali Villamayor. The Formoseño will carry the national flag in the modern pentathlon, with the particularity of being the first noncommissioned officer of the Army Sergeant Cabral school to compete in the highest event in world sport. His discipline consists of five sports in one: swimming, athletics, fencing, horse riding and shooting, and in the land of the rising sun he will make his debut at 4:30 on Thursday.
The way of Villamayor in the modern pentathlon began fourteen years ago, on the slopes of the Army NCO School, located in Campo de Mayo. Against his father’s advice, a Malvinas veteran Preferring his son to study for a university degree, he joined the army, tempted by a career that promised adrenaline, physical demands, and trips around the country.
Gone was the soccer, who practiced as a boy in the school for minors of the Rosario club Saint Joseph until almost being signed by Chacarita. But he always liked to run (they nicknamed him ‘Forrest Gump‘), swimming and playing sports.
Villamayor lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter Panna, who was born in the eastern state of Europe. The pentathlon is a popular discipline in that country. The athlete qualified for Tokyo after winning the bronze medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Thus he became the first Argentine to achieve a medal in the discipline in the history of the Pan American Games.
For its part, Argentine volleyball team, who starred in a historic triumph against Italy, was among the top four of the competition for the third time in its history after Seoul 1988 and Sydney 2000.
Those of Marcelo Méndez They will face this Thursday, August 5, against France, which beat Poland in the quarterfinals with a tight 3-2 (21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21 and 15-9). The meeting will be in the second shift of the day and will start at 9 in the morning.
The Albiceleste I know secured a double medal chance with this triumph in the quarterfinals, since he will first play the semifinals in search of access to the fight for the gold and silver, but an eventual fall will allow him to face the duel for third place.
The best Olympic performance in the history of volleyball took place in the Seoul Games 1988 when the team climbed to the third step of the podium and took the bronze medal. The Argentine representative returned to access the semifinals in Sydney 2000, but fell in the semifinals against Russia (1-3) and then was at the door of the medal after falling against Italy (0-3) in the definition for the bronze.
Five years ago, with Rio 2016, the selection that directed Julio Velasco With this player base he had completed a great first phase. He finished in the first position in his area, but had to face each other in the quarter-final match against the locals, Brazil. In the heads up that was played in the Maracanazinho, the Brazilian team beat Argentina 3-1.
To get here Argentina suffered two consecutive defeats in their group stage debut against the Russian Olympic Committee (1-3) and against Brazil (2-3) in a classic loaded with pain because Mendez’s were two sets up. They beat France 3-2, reaffirmed the triumphal path with another 3-2 over Tunisia and they sealed the ticket to the quarterfinals before United States with a resounding 3-0.
In addition, the Buenos Aires Magdalena Simmermacher faces her second performance in the women’s golf competition, in what represents her lonely presence albiceleste discipline in Tokyo. As there are no representatives in the male branch (Emiliano Grillo, Olympic diploma in Rio de Janeiro 2016, resigned to participate), the player from Pilar is the only national presence in the matter.
WEDNESDAY 4/8
Open Water Swimming: The German Florian Wellbrock achieved gold in the men’s 10-kilometer competition, setting the pace from the beginning of a test in which he maintained the leadership from the start to the finish line. Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky took silver and Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri completed the podium.
Golf: Magdalena Simmermacher / round 2 (ALIVE)
Rafting: Brenda Rojas will compete in the semi-finals of the women’s K1 500 meters (ALIVE)
Rafting: Rubén Rezola will play Final B in the K1 200m category that will define him from ninth to 16th position (23:35)
Athletics: Men’s Triple Jump Final (23:00)
Athletics: Final Men’s Shot Put (23:05)
Athletics: Men’s 110-meter hurdles final (23:55)
THURSDAY 5/8
Volley: Semifinals, men Brazil vs Russian Olympic Committee (1:00)
Basketball: Men’s Semifinal – United States vs Australia (1:15)
Athletics: Men’s 20 km Athletic March Final (4:30)
Modern pentathlon: Sergio Alí Villamayor, Fencing – Qualifying round (4:30)
Handball: Men’s Semifinal – France vs Egypt (5:00)
Soccer: Bronze medal match, women – Australia vs United States (5:00)
Equestrian: jump, second horse inspection (5:00)
Athletics: Women’s Pole Vault Final (7:00)
Athletics: Men’s 400 meters final (9:00)
Volley: Semifinals, men Argentina vs France (9:00)
Handball: Men’s Semifinal – Spain vs Denmark (9:00)
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