The seventh day of competition turned out to be more than successful for Russia.
For the second time at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, domestic athletes won six medals, two of which are gold.
Vitalina Batsarashkina and Evgeny Rylov became two-time champions.
The first won the pistol shooting from 25 meters, and the second showed the best time at a distance of 200 m breaststroke.
Historic silver in rowing went to Anna Prakaten.
Elena Osipova didn't have enough to win the individual championship in archery.
And the fencers in the team competitions of the epee fencers were second only to Japan.
The only bronze medal was added to the team's piggy bank by a judoka again.
Tamerlan Bashaev took third place in the over 100 kg weight category and joined Madina Taymazova and Niyaz Ilyasov, who also took bronze in Japan.
Bashaev was initially considered one of the favorites, because in the world ranking on the eve of the Olympics, he was on the first line.
However, the main contender for gold was still the legendary Teddy Riner.
The name of this Frenchman is familiar even to people far from sports, because for more than a decade he dominated his form and, in general, was the main star of judo.
The Guadeloupe native has won the last two Olympics and is also an 11-time world champion.
It was on him that Tamerlane got already in the quarterfinals.
Thanks to the high number, the Russian began the fight with 1/8, where Ippon defeated the Senegalese Mbagnick Ndiaye.
Before the fight with Riner for Bashaev, it was even a little scary, because he was almost two heads lower.
Tamerlane's height is 175 centimeters, while the height of the Frenchman is 204 cm.
However, during the fight itself, the domination of the two-time Olympic champion was out of the question.
The fight turned out to be extremely cautious, and the opponents were afraid to go ahead and take risks.
The judge came to the fore, who issued warnings to athletes for passivity.
As a result, everything was decided in extra time.
At the 29th second, the Russian managed to throw a waza-ari, which the referee took a short pause to count.
Tamerlane took the sensational victory very calmly.
The domestic judoka emphasized that his opponent turned out to be the same fighter as everyone else.
“I think Teddy is inferior because of the fear of his regalia.
He constantly won, but he was overestimated, and this relaxes - since 2012 I have been closely watching Riner's fights, he was becoming weaker as a judoka, ”the TASS athlete quotes.
It seemed that after such a success, Bashaev should have taken gold, but he was content with bronze.
In the semifinals, the athlete lost by ippon to the Georgian Guram Tushishvili.
And in the match for third place, he also beat the representative of Ukraine Yakov Hammo with ippon and became the Olympic medalist for the first time in his career.
Boxers are getting closer and closer to winning awards.
On Friday, three people made their way to the Olympic semifinals at once and guaranteed themselves at least a bronze medal.
In welterweight, Andrei Zamkova left no chance for the Georgian Eskerkhan Madiev - 5: 0.
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov also defeated German Ammar Abduljabbar by unanimous decision of the arbitrators.
Finally, Imam Khatayev in the weight category up to 81 kg completely knocked out Gazimagomed Jalidov, who plays for Spain.
The Russian was already in the lead according to the judges' notes following the results of two rounds, but ended the fight a little ahead of schedule.
Eight seconds before the final bell, Khatayev caught the revealed opponent with an oncoming short right side kick.
The opponent immediately fell, and the referee in the ring showed that he was not able to continue the fight.
“I am satisfied with my performance.
Initially, I had one task - gold.
And I will try to do everything to win this Olympics, ”the boxer promised.
But the performance of the Russians in team sports turned out to be extremely discouraging.
Even volleyball players, who confidently won the first three matches and, among other things, took revenge from the United States for the defeat in the match for the bronze medal of the OI-2016, made a misfire.
It seemed that Tuomas Sammelvuo's charges were quite capable of taking over the French.
However, in this game, everything did not go according to their plan from the very beginning.
The leaders of the team did little, while the rival caught the courage and increased the gap.
The first batch was left for tricolor.
After a short break, the national team managed to get together.
The Russians won the second set primarily thanks to the efforts of Ivan Yakovlev, from which the opponents could not withdraw for a long time.
However, it was only a flash.
In the future, the French had the advantage, and the 2012 Olympic champions soon ceased resistance.
To complete all the troubles, one of the leaders of the team, Yegor Klyuka, was injured.
Despite the defeat, domestic volleyball players remained in first place in the group, but now they share it with Brazil.
The Games for Russian rugby players turned out to be extremely fast.
The day before they made their debut at the Olympics, and on Friday they had already finished the fight.
In the last match of the group stage, Andrey Kuzin's wards were devastatingly defeated by New Zealand, which won silver at the 2016 Olympic Games - 0:33.
As a result, they took third place in their quartet and made their way to the quarterfinals, where they again hit the New Zealander.
The second defeat was even larger - 0:36.
The Russians failed to score points.
The water polo players also played a disastrous match on Friday. However, they met with the current Olympic champions from the United States, who also won the last championship of the planet. The fight did not work out. The final score is 5:18. However, Russia has already secured a place in the quarterfinals. Now it is important for the team to keep the third line in order to get a weaker opponent in the first round of the playoffs.
Moving on to other water sports, it is necessary to talk about the traditional evening swimming qualifications.
The main event for the Russians was the next entry to the start of Yulia Efimova.
Prior to that, in Tokyo, she performed only in the 100 m breaststroke, where she was left without medals.
The last chance to climb the podium is the combined relay race 4 x 100 m. In the company with Anastasia Fesikova, Svetlana Chimrova and Maria Kameneva, the 29-year-old athlete managed to get into the final.
However, the Russians showed only the seventh time (3: 57.36).
In a similar form among men, domestic swimmers (Grigory Tarasevich, Anton Chupkov, Mikhail Vekovishchev and Vladislav Grinev) performed much more successfully and showed the third result.
The domestic four has all the chances for awards, because two years ago at the World Cup, she took bronze in this form.
Finally, one Russian managed to make it to the personal final.
We are talking about Kirill Martynichev at 1500 m freestyle.
He qualified with the eighth result (14.52.66).
For the 19-year-old OI debutant, this has already become a great success.
Also on Friday, the track and field competitions finally started.
Basically, the qualifying competitions were held at the Olympic Stadium, but the first final took place as well.
In the 10,000 meter race, the victory was won by 21-year-old Ethiopian Selemon Barega.
He is less than a second ahead of reigning world champion Joshua Kiprui Cheptegea and Jacob Kaiplimo.
Both represent Uganda.
The Russians performed only in the high jump qualification.
Ilya Ivanyuk and Mikhail Akimenko calmly made their way to the final with a score of 2.28.
And after the end of the competition, domestic athletes criticized the living conditions in the Olympic village.
The first complained about unusual pillows, and the second complained about noisy neighbors, because of whom he slept no more than two hours.
Meanwhile, runners from the USA, the reigning world champions in this event, were disqualified after qualifying in the 4 x 400 m relay. The Americans were accused of incorrectly passing the baton.
However, after filing a protest, this decision was canceled.
Now the Stars and Stripes will be able to compete in the final.
Among other events of the competition day, it is worth noting the third consecutive victory of beach volleyball players Nadezhda Makroguzova and Svetlana Holomina.
This time they beat the representatives of Australia Talika Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in three sets - 21: 8, 15:21, 15:12.
Successful performance at the group stage helped the duo reach the 1/8 finals from first place in their quartet.
Trampoline jumping competitions also started on Friday.
The first set of medals was played for women.
Russia in this form was represented by Yana Lebedeva and Susana Kochesok.
Only the last one managed to qualify for the final, who scored 102.790 points for her performance.
There she turned out to be far from fighting for awards and with a result of 54.290 settled down on the penultimate seventh line.
Unfortunately, not a day goes by without information about the OI participants infected with the coronavirus.
On Friday, the organizing committee announced 27 new cases.
Among them are three athletes who live in the Olympic village, whose names are not disclosed.
For their part, the organizers strictly monitor the observance of all antiquated rules.
So, the fans' serious discontent was caused by the trip of the members of the Georgian national judo team to the Tokyo TV tower.
Their photos from there were published on the Japanese segment of social networks.
In particular, the silver medalists of the Games Vazha Margvelashvili and Lasha Shavdatuashvili visited the site.
At the same time, athletes are strictly prohibited from leaving the Olympic village, with the exception of going to competitions.
The organizing committee promised to investigate the incident.