Tokyo 2021: Schoenmaker and Hafnaoui panic the pools, Jabeur disappoints
South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo.
AP - Charlie Riedel
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Sunday was marked by two major performances in swimming: the Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui adorned himself with gold and the South African Tatjana Schoenmaker set a new Olympic record.
In boxing, Louis Richarno Colin and Mohammed Houmri advance.
On the other hand, it is already over for Ons Jabeur in tennis.
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SWIMMING
Tunisian
sensation
in the final of the 400m freestyle:
Ahmed Hafnaoui
, 18, disgusted the competition by winning an incredible gold medal with a brilliant time of 3'43''36.
Could he be the
worthy successor of Osama Mellouli?
In the 100m breaststroke, the
South African Tatjana Schoenmaker
impressed in her series by setting a new Olympic and African record (1'04''82).
It will be the attraction to follow in the semi-finals scheduled for Monday.
Guinean Mariama Touré did not compete in her series, while Mauritian Alicia Kok Shun did not qualify for the semi-finals.
In the 100m backstroke, the Zimbabwean Donata Katai and the Seychellois Felicity Passon contested the series but did not achieve qualifying times for the semi-finals.
The same was true in the 200m freestyle for Botswanan James Freeman and Libyan Audai Rushdi Hamed Hassouna.
In the 100m backstroke, Malagasy Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo and South African Pieter Coetze finished last in their respective series.
In the 400m freestyle, the Ivorian Talit Te Flan and the Madagascan Tiana Rabarijaona did not record good enough times to reach the final.
Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui, new Olympic champion in the 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Games.
REUTERS - KAI PFAFFENBACH
BOXING
The
Mauritian Louis Richarno Colin
qualified for the knockout stages in the category of less than 63 kilograms (light weight) after his victory against the Moroccan Abdelhaq Nadir, gold medalist at the African Games in 2019 (4-1).
He will face Russian Gabil Mamedov on Saturday July 31.
The
Algerian Mohammed Houmri
will also be at the rendezvous eighth finals, Wednesday, July 28.
In the under 81 kilos (light heavyweight), he dominated the Venezuelan Nalek Korbaj Barrera (3-2).
Congolese Fiston Mbaya Mulumba (less than 63 kilos) lost in the round of 16 against Japanese Daisuke Narimatsu (5-0).
In the light heavyweight (less than 81 kilos), the Moroccan Mohamed Assaghir was eliminated in the first round by the Russian Imam Khataev, before the limit.
Among women, in the category of less than 51 kilos (flyweight), the Kenyan Christine Ongare, the Algerian Roumaysa Boualam, the Ugandan Catherine Nanziri and the Moroccan Rabab Cheddar did not make the weight in the first round.
They were all beaten 5-0, respectively by the Philippine Irish Magno, the Thai Jutamas Jitpong, the Japanese Tsukimi Namiki and the Briton Charley-Sian Davison.
Algerian boxer Mohammed Houmri facing Venezuelan Nalek Korbaj Barrera on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo.
REUTERS - LUIS ROBAYO
TAEKWONDO
No second African medal in taekwondo on Sunday. In the under 57 kg category, Nigerian Tekiath Ben Youssouf dominated Japanese Mayu Hamada (11-6) before falling in the quarterfinals against Russian Tatiana Minina (15-10). In the repechage, the African champion beat the Greek Fani Tzeli (2-0 in the golden score) before losing at the end of the fight for the bronze medal against the Taiwanese Chia-Ling Lo (10-6). Moroccan Nada Laaraj lost in the first round against American and future Olympic champion Anastasija Zolotic (11-4), then in the draft against Turkish Hatice Kubra Ilgun (6-0).
In the under 68 kilograms, the Egyptian Abdelrahman Wael Mahmoud Abow won against the Spaniard Javier Polo Perez (22-20) but lost nothing in the quarter-finals against the Bosnian Nedzad Husic ( 8-7).
Malian Seydou Fofana suffered an entry defeat against Uzbek Ulugbek Rashitov (38-17), and a second in the draft against South Korean Daehoon Lee (11-9).
FENCING
No medal but a great day for the young Egyptian Mohamed Elsayed in individual épée.
He created a surprise by eliminating in the first round the French Olympic champion Yannick Borel (15-11) before dismissing in the round of 16 the Chinese Minghao Lan (15-9).
In the quarter-finals, the young 18-year-old swordsman cracked at the end of the match against the Ukrainian Igor Reizlin (13-15).
In women's individual foil, however, the day was very short for the Africans, with the elimination as soon as they entered the competition of the Algerian Meriem Mebarki, the Tunisian Ines Boubakri and the Egyptians Yara Elsharkawy, Noha Hany and Nora Mohamed.
TENNIS
Big disappointment for the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
First Arab woman to reach the round of 16, then the quarter-finals at Wimbledon earlier this month (https://www.rfi.fr/fr/sports/20210706-tennis-la-tunisienne-ons-jabeur-battue-en- quarter-% C3% A0-wimbledon), the 23rd player in the world was eliminated in the first round by Spain's Carla Suárez Navarro, 206th at WTA, 6-4, 6-1.
After 2012 and 2016, Ons Jabeur stops entering for the third time in a row at the Olympic Games.
On the men's side, Egyptian Mohamed Safwat also lost to Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (7-5, 6-1).
¡Muy feliz por la primera victoria en Tokyo!
Poder competir en estos JJ.OO.
ya es una alegría inmensa.
Les agradezco todo el apoyo que recibo 🇪🇸 💪🏻 A por más 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/BiEVmnI7TN
- Carla Suárez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) July 25, 2021
SKATEBOARD
The first event in the history of skateboarding at the Olympic Games did not smile on the only African representative, the South African Brandon Valjalo.
He did not qualify for the final of the street event, finishing 18th out of 20 competitors.
With 16.41 points on the clock, he finished far from the eighth and last qualifier (32.66 points).
The Olympic title went
to Japanese Yuto Horigome
.
SOCCER
Authors of a draw against Brazil, reigning Olympic champion (0-0),
the Ivorians are getting closer to the quarter-finals
.
All they need is a draw against Germany on Wednesday in the last Group D game.
For its part, South Africa conceded a defeat both cruel and spectacular against the France team (4-3), in Pool A. The South Africans led three times in this meeting before conceding two goals in the final minutes.
After two defeats, the Bafana Bafana have only a tiny chance to qualify for the rest of the competition.
They will have to beat Mexico on the one hand, erasing their negative goal difference, and on the other hand count on a victory for Japan against France on Wednesday.
In Group C, Egypt, beaten by Argentina (1-0), can still hope to validate their ticket for the quarter-finals if they win against Australia in the last match.
BADMINTON
The Egyptian Doha Hany, engaged in group A of the preliminary round, suffered a definitive setback for her entry into contention against the Chinese Fei Yu (2 sets to 0).
She will face Turkey's Neslihan Yigit on Tuesday.
Doha Hany was no better in mixed doubles with his compatriot Adham Hatem Elgamal (preliminary round, group A).
Both lost to Koreans Seungjae Seo and Yujung Chae (2 sets to 0).
On Monday, they will face Dutch pair Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek.
BASKET
First game and disappointment for the Nigerians in the
Olympic tournament
(group B).
As on July 14, during their final preparation match for the Games, the D'Tigers gave in to Australia on Sunday, in the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo (84-67).
The first quarter was balanced (23-23), but the Australians took a small advantage in the second (20-17).
They confirmed after the break (15-12) before taking off at the end of the game, in the last quarter (26-15).
Nigeria have a date for their second game with Germany on Wednesday.
ROAD CYCLING
In the women's event, South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio finished in 13th place, 1'46 behind Austrian Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer.
She is the only African cyclist to have completed the race.
Her compatriot Carla Oberholzer, the Namibian Vera Looser, the Ethiopian Selam Amha and the Eritrean Mosana Debesay did not succeed.
JUDO
New dismal day for African judo with the eliminations in the first round of the four African representatives in the category of less than 66 kilos for men: the Egyptian 2020 African champion Mohamed Abdelmawgoud against the Brazilian Daniel Cargnin, the Nigerian Ismaäl Alhassane against Frenchman Kilian Le Blouch, Zambian Steven Mungandu against Slovenian Adrian Gomboc and Mozambican Kevin Loforte against Israeli Baruch Shmailov.
Only the Moroccan Soumiya Iraoui managed to pass a lap, in the category of less than 52 kilos.
The reigning African champion first dominated Thailand's Kachakorn Warasiha before losing to Britain's Chelsea Giles in the round of 16.
Bissau-Guinean Taciana Cesar, in the same category, only stayed on the tatami for three minutes against South Korean Da-Sol Park.
WEIGHTLESS
The Andriantsitohaina brothers from Madagascar were unable to enter the top 10 in their category.
Eric Herman, weighing less than 61 kilos, and Tojonirina Alain, weighing less than 67 kilos, both finished 13th out of 14th after lifting respectively 264 and 285 kilos in total.
Madagascan weightlifter Eric Herman Andriantsitohaina, July 25, 2021 in Tokyo during the Olympic Games.
AP - Luca Bruno
HANDBALL
The Angolans, triple reigning African champions, were slapped on entry by Montenegro, fifth at the last Worlds (33-22).
But nothing is lost for Angola: the first four of a group of six will take part in the quarter-finals.
The next match against Norway on Tuesday promises to be very complicated, however.
The Norwegians are reigning European champions.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
For the first match in its history at the Olympic Games, the Moroccan pair Zouheir El Graoui-Mohamed Abicha lost against the Polish duo Bryl-Figalek (2 sets 0).
The reigning African champions will face the Brazilian pair on Tuesday, favorites for the gold medal.
TABLE TENNIS
Beaten in the first round in mixed doubles this Saturday, the Egyptian Dina Meshref did not miss her debut in individual.
The triple gold medalist at the 2019 African Games dismissed the Polish Natalia Partyka (4 sets to 2).
This Monday she will face the Dutch Britt Eerland for a place in the round of 16.
His compatriot Ahmed Saleh was eliminated by the Greek Gionis for his entry into the running (4 sets to 1).
SHOOT
She finished 9th at the 2016 Olympics, one place in the 10-meter air pistol final.
This time, the Tunisian Olfa Charni could not do better than a disappointing 25th place out of 53 competitors.
Egyptians Radwa Abdel Latif and Hala Elgohari finished 40 and 41st, a long way from Russian gold medalist Batsarashkina.
Their male compatriots Osama Elsaeid and Youssef Helmy Makkar are not doing any better: they placed 42 and 45th out of 47 in the 10-meter air rifle event.
WATER POLO
Like the women's team the day before, South Africa also lost heavily for its entry into the men's category.
61 years after their last participation in the Olympics, the South Africans sank against the Italians, reigning world champions and bronze medalists in Rio in 2016 (2-21).
They will face the team of the United States, more within their reach, Tuesday.
ROWING
In single sculls, the semi-finals A / B, which will be used to determine the rowers who will contest the final for the medals, will be held without an African representative. Beninese Privel Hinkati qualified for the semi-final of the E / F 1 classification, while the Ivorian Franck N'Dri and Libyan Alhussein Ghambourg will be in the semi-final of the E / F 2 classification (Friday, July 30 ). Egyptian Abdelkhalek Elbana and Zimbabwean Peter Purcell-Gilpin will be in the C / D 2 classification semi-final (Thursday, July 29).
On the women's side, no A final for the six African rowers.
Namibian Maike Diekmann will play in the C / D 1 classification final (Thursday July 29).
Nigerian Esther Toko, Sudanese Esraa Khogali, Ugandan Kathleen Noble, Moroccan Sarah Fraincart will be in the E classification final (Friday July 30).
The Togolese Claire Ayivon, she will be in the final of classification F (Friday July 30).
CANOE KAYAK
In canoe (C1), Senegalese Jean-Pierre Bourhis ranked 17th at the end of the playoffs.
He will not be present in the semi-finals.
In kayaking (K1), Moroccan Celia Jodar placed 27th and last at the end of the playoffs.
She will not be in semis either.
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
In the all-around competition, there will be no African gymnast among the 24 finalists.
South Africans Caitlin Rooskrantz (61st) and Naveen Daries (76th), and Egyptians Zeina Sharaf (64th) and Mandy Mohamed (67th) failed to invite themselves to the final.
South African gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz, on balance beam July 25, 2021. AP - Morry Gash
HOCKEY
Second match and second defeat for the South African men's team in Group B. After a loss against Great Britain on Saturday (3-1), the South Africans lost on Sunday against the Netherlands (5-3 ).
They led 2-0, then 3-2, before being joined in the third quarter and giving in in the fourth.
HORSE RIDING
In dressage, Moroccan Yessin Rahmouni and his horse All At Once finished in eighth place in Group F, with a score of 66.599.
The final will be played without him.
SURF
Moroccan Ramzi Boukhiam finished second in his series with a score of 10.23, just behind Australian Owen Wright (10.40).
This result allows him to qualify for the third round, scheduled for Monday.
He will challenge the French Michel Bourez.
South African Bianca Buitendag placed third in her first heat with a score of 11.44.
She then placed second in her second heat (10.40).
On Monday, in the third round, she will face Australia's Stephanie Gilmore.
VOLLEYBALL
Defeat for the Kenya women's team against Japan (3 sets to 0), reigning Asian champion, in Group A. For their second meeting, the Kenyans will face South Korea on Tuesday.
VEIL
In windsurfing, the Algerian Hamza Bouras finished 21st in his first race, 23rd in his second race and 24th in his last race.
His compatriot Nadjet Berrichi finished 23rd in his first race, 26th in his second race and 24th in his third race.
They have nine races left (three Monday, three Wednesday, three Thursday)
In a single-handed dinghy, the Mozambican Deizy Nhaquile finished 30th in her first race and 41st in her second race.
Egyptian Khouloud Mansy finished 36th in her first race and 39th in her second race.
They have eight races left (two Mondays, two Tuesdays, two Thursdays and two Fridays).
On the men's side, the Egyptian Aly Badawy finished 32nd in his first race, while the Seychellois finished 34th.
They have nine races left (two Mondays, three Tuesdays, two Thursdays and two Fridays).
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