Bronze in Madison, a transgender medal and the expulsion of Timanovskaya's coaches: what did the 14th day at the Tokyo Games remember

Medal of Khatuntseva and Novolodskaya and debut of the Averins

The 14th competitive day of the Olympic Games turned out to be quite successful for Russian athletes.

They managed to win four medals.

The only gold medal was brought by freestyle wrestler Zaurbek Sidakov, performing in the weight category up to 74 kg.

Boxer Muslim Gadzhimagomedov could have won the victory, but in the final he lost by unanimous decision of the judges to Julio La Cruz.

In turn, Zenfira Magomedalieva was also defeated and was content with bronze.

It is also necessary to note the success of the Russian women's handball team, which for the second time in a row beat Norway in the semifinals of the Olympic Games.

Another medal was brought to the camp by cyclists.

Gulnaz Khatuntseva and Maria Novolodskaya unexpectedly took third place in Madison.

It is curious that at the two previous Olympic Games, competitions in this form were not held precisely because of the absence of a tournament among women.

In Tokyo, this flaw was corrected, and for the first time awards in Madison were raffled among the fairer sex.

The Russians were not initially among the favorites.

So, at the last world championship, Novolodskaya paired with Diana Klimova took only eighth place.

Khatuntseva missed that tournament due to the birth of a child.

However, after her return to service, the pair managed to "shoot".

In Tokyo, the domestic duo scored 26 points and lost only to the representatives of Great Britain Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny (78), as well as the Danes Amalie Diederiksen and Julie Leth (35).

At the same time, they were ahead of the reigning world champions from the Netherlands Amy Peters and Kirsten Wild (21), who received a warning.

In the men's sprint, Denis Dmitriev could win the second Olympic medal in his career, but in the decisive races he suffered two defeats: first from the Dutchman Jeffrey Hoogland in the semifinals, and then from the British Jack Carlin in the confrontation for the bronze.

Also on Saturday, qualification took place in two medal-intensive sports for Russia.

In rhythmic gymnastics, the 22-year-old twins Dina and Arina Averina made their debut at the Olympic Games.

As a result, both of them, as expected, took the first two places in the qualification of the individual all-around.

The more titled Dina, 13-time world champion, scored 106.300 points and was slightly more than 0.1 points ahead of her sister.

Do not discount the Israeli Lina Ashram.

With 103.100 points in the asset, it takes the third line.

At the same time, she managed to get ahead of the invincible Russians in the exercise with the ball.

And in the tape Ashram lost to Arina, but got a better mark than Dina.

In synchronized swimming, qualification has also begun - in the group competition.

On Friday, the participants demonstrated their technical programs.

The best, as expected, were Vlada Chigireva, Marina Golyadkina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Polina Komar, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina and Maria Shurochkina.

For their performance, the girls received 97.2979 points and were more than a point ahead of the closest pursuers from China.

Khasanova's modest result and Bondar's third place

In athletics, the Russians claimed a medal in only one form.

In walking for 20 km, the country was represented by 21-year-old Elvira Khasanova.

Initially, she did not have too many chances to get into the top three, but the domestic athlete held out for most of the distance in the group of leaders.

But six kilometers before the finish line, like Vasily Mizinov the day before, the judges began to slow down.

First, she received the first warning for a violation of technique, and then the second.

After that, Khasanova had to “hide” behind the backs of her rivals.

The favorites, meanwhile, went into the lead, and Elvira had no chance to catch up with them.

Nevertheless, at the debut Olympics, she took a fairly high 16th place, two minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader.

The victory was won by the Italian Antonella Palmisano, who outstripped the Colombian Sandra Lorena Arenas and the Chinese Hong Liu.

Separately, it is worth noting the success of the Italians in the 4 × 100 m race among men.

Earlier, Marcel Jacobs won personal gold in the hundred-meter race, and now he helped to climb to the highest step of the podium and relay partners.

Moreover, at the finish line, the four were just 0.01 seconds ahead of the British.

Now the country's assets include five awards in athletics at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, all of which are gold.

Only Americans are ahead of them, who took the same number of medals of the highest standard, but can boast much more silver and bronze (12 and 6, respectively).

Finally, US runner Allison Felix has achieved historic success.

She became the third at a distance of 400 m and for the tenth anniversary time she climbed the podium of the Olympic Games.

And for the first time a 35-year-old athlete managed to do this back in 2004 in Athens.

She also has six Olympic victories.

Felix can add seventh to Tokyo in the 4 × 400 m relay.

The Russians had a good chance of getting into the top three in the women's pentathlon.

After the first type, fencing, Ulyana Batashova was in fourth place.

She did not perform so well in the 200 m swim, but Gulnaz Gubaidullina set a new Olympic record (2: 07.31).

True, already in show jumping, the native of Novy Urengoy was in for a failure - she made four refunds, after which, according to the rules, she was removed from the route and did not receive points.

But Batashova kept intrigue to the end.

In swimming, she took tenth place, and in show jumping she earned 293 points.

Unfortunately, the last event - running - Ulyana failed and eventually took only ninth place in the overall standings.

The victory was won by the representative of Great Britain, Kate French.

Gubaidullina is only on the 32nd line.

In diving on Friday, the drawing of the last set of awards started - on a ten-meter platform for men.

Alexander Bondar and Viktor Minibaev in Tokyo won bronze in this event in synchronized jumping, and therefore have every chance to show a decent result in an individual tournament.

And already in qualifying, they showed that they are serious.

At least both reached the semifinals.

Cooper scored the third total points for his performance (513.85) and lost only to the representatives of China, Jang Yang and Yuan Chao.

Minibaev performed much more modestly: he was on the 14th line (391.95) and received more than 70 points from the judges in just one jump.

In another aquatic form - rowing and canoeing - a number of qualifying races were held with the participation of Russians.

In the 1000m single canoe, the country was represented by Viktor Melantyev and Vladislav Chebotar, but they failed to make it past the quarterfinals.

In rowing kayaks at 500 m, the domestic four (Alexander Sergeev, Roman Anoshkin, Maxim Spesivtsev and Artyom Kuzakhmetov) qualified for the semifinals with sixth time (1: 25.564).

But the women's four in a similar discipline (Natalya Podolskaya, Kira Stepanova, Svetlana Chernigovskaya and Anastasia Dolgova) could not go so far and are content with participation in the final B.

Finally, Irina Andreeva and Olesya Romasenko secured their place in the semifinals in the 500m double canoe Irina Andreeva and Olesya Romasenko, showing the third result in their quarterfinals (2: 04,703).

Final Pustovoitova and the defeat of the hosts in the match for bronze

In team sports, the time has come for decisive matches.

For domestic fans, the main event was the final meeting of the women's football tournament between Sweden and Canada, which was served by Russian Anastasia Pustovoitova.

As a result, the fate of the confrontation was decided only in a penalty shootout.

The main time of the match ended in a draw - 1: 1.

At the same time, the domestic referees, after a meeting with their colleagues at the VAR in the second half, assigned a penalty to the Scandinavian gates and allowed their rivals to level the score.

The Maple Leaves turned out to be luckier in the lottery.

So, Canadian footballers became Olympic champions for the first time in history.

Moreover, on the way to the trophy, they knocked out the main favorites from the fight: Brazil, the USA and Sweden, twice they managed to get the upper hand in the penalty shootout.

However, the success of the North American women cannot be called a sensation, because they took bronze at the Games in Beijing and London.

It is curious that Rebecca Quinn became one of the winners of the gold medal in Canada.

Thus, she is the first transgender champion in OI history.

The footballer stated that she considers herself a man last year, but has not yet performed a sex change operation.

Meanwhile, the men had a duel for third place, in which Japan faced off against Mexico.

The hosts were eager to climb the podium, but were defeated - 1: 3.

Already in the opening, the Americans earned a penalty, which was converted by Sebastian Cordova.

And soon Joan Vasquez doubled the team's lead.

Finally, everything became clear when Ernesto Vega at the beginning of the second half brought the score to a devastating one.

The opponents only managed to score the prestige ball designed by Kaoro Mitoma.

But in women's basketball, the hosts of the tournament, on the contrary, were lucky.

They confidently beat France with an advantage of 16 points - 87:71 and made their way to the final, where they will meet with the main contender for gold - the United States.

In turn, the American women left no chances for Serbia - 79:59.

Finally, Greece and Serbia will compete for gold in men's water polo.

The Greeks, who took off in Rio de Janeiro already in the quarterfinals, will try to displace the reigning Olympic champions from the top step of the podium.

Positive doping test of Kaishety and sanctions for Timanovskaya

But in women's volleyball on Friday, a huge scandal erupted.

On the eve of the semifinal match with South Korea, one of the main old-timers of the Brazilian national team, Tandara Alves Kaishet, was suspended from the competition for an anti-doping rule violation.

It is reported that the athlete passed a positive test on July 7, when preparing for the Olympic Games in her homeland.

The FIVB stressed that she will not enter the court in the remaining OI matches.

Earlier in Tokyo, Kaisheta also took part in the quarterfinal match with Russia (3: 1), in which she scored six points.

However, it is hardly worth talking about a possible replay of the confrontation.

The general manager of the national team, Lyubov Sokolova, stressed that the Russians had already flown home and discussed this topic only as a joke.

“Thank God, this is no longer our problem, let the relevant authorities in Brazil deal with it.

In any case, there must be some kind of punishment.

It turns out that the person played with a positive test all the matches at the Olympics, "- quotes the functionary of" R-Sport ".

Even the unexpected departure of Kaisheta did not prevent the Latinos from confidently beating South Korea in three sets and reaching the final of the Olympic Games.

Volleyball players from the USA, who left no chances for Serbia, will compete for gold with them - 3: 0.

In parallel, another scandal continues to develop in Tokyo - with the Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya.

The IOC stripped the Olympic accreditations of coaches Artur Shumak and Yuri Moisevich, allegedly involved in her forcible sending home.

In response, the country's NOC reported that both specialists would return to Minsk in the near future, although they reserve the right to appeal the decision.

“We are still open to continue the dialogue and are in close cooperation with the IOC to clarify all the circumstances of the decision,” the organization stressed.

Also, the IOC noted that the trial in the Timanovskaya case continues, and did not rule out the introduction of sanctions. The disciplinary committee of the committee must accept the appropriate verdict.