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No, the Chinese are definitely up to something...
They already have 22!! gold medals... while the Americans only have 10...
Of course, I understand that as hosts they are allowed in all events, but why has no one even heard of most of these champions at the world championships???
Sure, you could assume they just don't participate anywhere so as not to waste strength preparing for the next Olympics, but it looks kind of unrealistic...
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And how do you explain the Chinese woman's record in weightlifting? She beat our world record by 10!!! kg, when adding even 3 kg is very problematic there... read about it here...
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On another day of competition for the main sporting event of the four-year cycle, the Russian team's piggy bank was replenished with two medals - gold and silver. Both awards were brought to the team by Greco-Roman wrestlers - Aslanbek Khushtov took first place in the under 96 kg weight class, and Khasan Baroev lost in the final of the under 120 kg category to Cuban Mihaín López. Alexey Mishin also had a chance to fight for medals in the under 84 kg weight class, but lost in the quarterfinals to future champion Andrea Minguzzi from Italy.
Additionally, Russian tennis players guaranteed themselves at least one medal. Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva defeated American Serena Williams and Sybille Bammer from Austria, respectively. The gritty victory of same-time same-Games silver medalist Dementieva over Williams, who was considered one of the favorites of the Olympic tournament, turned out to be especially beautiful. Now Zvonareva and Dementieva will play each other in the semifinals. Another Russian Dinara Safina will play her quarterfinal match against world number one Jelena Janković from Serbia tomorrow. As for the men, the last Russian athletes have packed away their rackets - Igor Andreev and Nikolai Davydenko lost in the quarterfinals of the doubles event.
Russian female shooters could have brought medals to the country, but fate decided otherwise. Lyubov Galkina took a disappointing fourth place in the 50m rifle shooting, while Svetlana Demina failed to reach the Olympic final in trap shooting in the skeet discipline altogether, showing only a 12th result in qualification. Chinese Du Li and Chiara Carneiro from Italy became the Olympic champions in these events.
Russian gymnasts also had chances for medals. Sergey Khorokordin and Maxim Devyatovsky fell short of the podium by only 0.2 points and ultimately took fifth and sixth place, while Chinese athlete Yang Wei won the gold.
Russian swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin made it to the final of the 200m backstroke on his second attempt. In the first semifinal, our swimmer showed the same time as German Helge Möbius, so a swim-off was scheduled. In it, Vyatchanin proved to be far superior. Additionally, in the deciding race for the two hundred meter breaststroke. However, Russians were not represented in today's finals. Gold went to Japanese Kosuke Kitajima in the men's 200m breaststroke, Liu Zige from China in the same distance butterfly for women, Frenchman Alain Bernard, who beat world record holder Ian Thorpe of Australia in the 100m freestyle, and the Australian women's team in the 4x200m freestyle relay, improving the world record by over 5 seconds.
The judo masters were disappointing - Ruslan Gasimov lost to German Benjamin Berla in the very first round of competition in the under 100 kilogram weight category, and Vera Moskaliuk in the under 78 kg weight class lost in the 1/8 finals to Spanish judoka Ester San Miguel. The gold medals here went to Mongolian wrestler Naidan Tuvshinbayar, who became the first Olympic champion in his country's history, and Yang Shulun from China.
Russian archery representative Natalya Erdynieva was also unable to fight for medals. In the 1/8 final stage, she lost to future champion Zhang Juanjuan from China.
Likewise, Russian sabre fencers lost at early stages on the way to the podium to future champions. After a victory over the Russian team, the Ukrainian team beat the Americans and Chinese and received Beijing gold.
Another set of awards was contested without the participation of Russian athletes - German riders won the team dressage tournament. And two finals in canoe slalom scheduled for today were canceled due to bad weather.
Russian boxer Artur Beterbiev suffered a disappointing defeat in the 1/16 finals of his weight category against Chinese boxer Zhang Xiaoping. However, no one would raise a hand to accuse Artur of poor boxing – when unfair judging decisions come into play, no amount of boxing helps... Another Russian loss in this sport was Andrey Balanov, who lost to world champion Demetrius Andrade from the USA in the under 69 kg weight class.
As for team sports, Russians have nothing to boast about today. The only pleasant event for Russian fans is the victory of the men's volleyball team over the great Brazilians - 3:1. A second defeat in the beach volleyball tournament was suffered by the Russian pair Dmitry Barsuk and Igor Kolodinsky, but they managed to break into the playoffs and will continue their fight for medals. Also, the men's handball team lost, conceding a goal from the Danes in the last second. The basketball players also lost, falling 79:86 to the Lithuanian team. Finally, the Russian men's national table tennis team ended their appearances in Beijing ignominiously, losing to the Nigerian team. (sportbox.ru)
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On another competition day of the Beijing Olympics, Russian athletes won four awards, all of bronze merit. At the same time, medals in canoe slalom, archery and even swimming should be recognized as an undeniable success for the Russians.
Although the main heroines of the day should be recognized as the Russian tennis players. Dinara Safina beat world number one Jelena Janković from Serbia and became the third Russian semifinalist in singles. Thus, two of the three awards in this event will guaranteed go to Russians. Unfortunately, both pairs composed of Russian representatives ended their struggle at the quarterfinal stage. Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina lost to the Williams sisters, and Svetlana Kuznetsova and Safina to Chinese girls.
And the first of the Russians to ascend the podium on Friday was swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin. He came third in the final race over a distance of 200 meters backstroke. This medal, as they say in such cases, has a golden tint. Vyatchanin, who had been struggling with a high fever for the last few days, led for 150 meters of the distance, beating the world record pace, but the Russian ran out of strength at the finish; he was overtaken by recognized leaders in this type of swimming Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol. In other finals Yulia Efimova came fifth in the two hundred meter breaststroke, while American Rebecca Sonye won, German Britta Steffen unexpectedly won the women's 100m freestyle, and Michael Phelps received his sixth Beijing gold in the 200m individual medley.
Once again, our former specialty - artistic gymnastics - brought no medals to Russia. American Nastia Lyukin with Russian roots became the absolute Olympic champion. By half a point, she beat her compatriot Shawn Johnson, who ultimately became the silver medalist. Russians Ksenia Semenova and Anna Pavlova were unable to place among the winners, taking fourth and seventh places respectively.
The second bronze of the day was won by weightlifter Nadezhda Evstyukhina, who only slightly lost to Kazakhstan representative Alla Vazhenina in the fight for silver. The first place in the women's weightlifting competitions in the under 75 kilogram category went to Chinese Cao Lei, who was far stronger than her other opponents. And in the men's under 85 kilograms category, where Russians did not participate, same-country Chinese Lu Yong beat world record holder Andrey Rybakov from Belarus in a dramatic struggle.
In rifle shooting from a distance of 50m, Ukrainian representative Artur Ayvazyan prevailed. And Russian shooters received a medal without a fight today. Silver medalist in 10-meter pistol shooting Kim Yong-Su from the DPRK was caught using doping, which allowed Vladimir Isakov, who took fourth place on August 12, to move up one position.
Russian fans were pleased by the canoe crew consisting of Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov, who took third place in the doubles canoe slalom competition. Gold in this event was won by a family duo from Slovakia Pavel Hochšorner/Peter Hochšorner. Gold for women in single kayak competitions was won by another representative of Slovakia Elena Kaliska.
Russian archer Bair Badenov won a bronze award in the men's individual championship. In the bout for bronze, Badenov defeated Mexican Juan Serrano. Badenov could have fought for gold, but in the semifinal he lost only in a shoot-off to Ukrainian Viktor Ruban, who ultimately became champion.
Russian judokas ended the Olympic tournament ignominiously, once again remaining without medals. Neither Tea Donguzashvili (over 78 kg) nor Tamerlan Tmenov (over 100 kg) managed to fight even for bronze, and yet they were the main hopes of the Russian team. The champions in these weights were Chinese Tong Wen and Ishii Satoshi from Japan.
Three more sets of medals were contested without the participation of Russians. In the men's épée team competitions, the French prevailed; gold in the women's badminton doubles went to the Chinese; and the first top-tier medal on the velodrome was received by German cyclists who won the team sprint.
The Olympic athletics tournament started on Friday, where the first two sets of awards were contested. Unfortunately, Russians failed to grab any medals. In shot put Pavel Sofyin came eighth, and the gold medal, the first for her country, was won by Pole Tomasz Majewski. In the women's 10,000 meters race with the second fastest time in history Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia won, while Russian representatives Maria Konovalova and Inga Abitova came fifth and sixth. As for other results, it is worth noting Gulnara Samitova-Galkina's victory in the 3000m steeplechase semifinal with an Olympic record.
Russian boxers suffered another loss - world champion Sergey Vodopyanov, once again with questionable judging, lost to Akhil Kumar from India. Meanwhile, Russian team captain Alexey Tishchenko confidently defeated Anthony Little from Australia and reached the quarterfinals.
The day proved successful for Russian women's teams in team sports. Volleyball players beat the Algerian team (3:0), basketball players - the Brazilian team (74:64), handball players - a strong Hungarian team (33:24). And only the water polo team, having already lost their chances to reach the playoffs, lost their last group stage match to the Americans - 7:12.(sportbox.ru)
They already have 22!! gold medals... while the Americans only have 10...
Of course, I understand that as hosts they are allowed in all events, but why has no one even heard of most of these champions at the world championships???
Sure, you could assume they just don't participate anywhere so as not to waste strength preparing for the next Olympics, but it looks kind of unrealistic...
Added after 43 minutes
And how do you explain the Chinese woman's record in weightlifting? She beat our world record by 10!!! kg, when adding even 3 kg is very problematic there... read about it here...
Added after 4 hours 9 minutes
August 14
DAY RESULTS
DAY RESULTS
On another day of competition for the main sporting event of the four-year cycle, the Russian team's piggy bank was replenished with two medals - gold and silver. Both awards were brought to the team by Greco-Roman wrestlers - Aslanbek Khushtov took first place in the under 96 kg weight class, and Khasan Baroev lost in the final of the under 120 kg category to Cuban Mihaín López. Alexey Mishin also had a chance to fight for medals in the under 84 kg weight class, but lost in the quarterfinals to future champion Andrea Minguzzi from Italy.
Additionally, Russian tennis players guaranteed themselves at least one medal. Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva defeated American Serena Williams and Sybille Bammer from Austria, respectively. The gritty victory of same-time same-Games silver medalist Dementieva over Williams, who was considered one of the favorites of the Olympic tournament, turned out to be especially beautiful. Now Zvonareva and Dementieva will play each other in the semifinals. Another Russian Dinara Safina will play her quarterfinal match against world number one Jelena Janković from Serbia tomorrow. As for the men, the last Russian athletes have packed away their rackets - Igor Andreev and Nikolai Davydenko lost in the quarterfinals of the doubles event.
Russian female shooters could have brought medals to the country, but fate decided otherwise. Lyubov Galkina took a disappointing fourth place in the 50m rifle shooting, while Svetlana Demina failed to reach the Olympic final in trap shooting in the skeet discipline altogether, showing only a 12th result in qualification. Chinese Du Li and Chiara Carneiro from Italy became the Olympic champions in these events.
Russian gymnasts also had chances for medals. Sergey Khorokordin and Maxim Devyatovsky fell short of the podium by only 0.2 points and ultimately took fifth and sixth place, while Chinese athlete Yang Wei won the gold.
Russian swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin made it to the final of the 200m backstroke on his second attempt. In the first semifinal, our swimmer showed the same time as German Helge Möbius, so a swim-off was scheduled. In it, Vyatchanin proved to be far superior. Additionally, in the deciding race for the two hundred meter breaststroke. However, Russians were not represented in today's finals. Gold went to Japanese Kosuke Kitajima in the men's 200m breaststroke, Liu Zige from China in the same distance butterfly for women, Frenchman Alain Bernard, who beat world record holder Ian Thorpe of Australia in the 100m freestyle, and the Australian women's team in the 4x200m freestyle relay, improving the world record by over 5 seconds.
The judo masters were disappointing - Ruslan Gasimov lost to German Benjamin Berla in the very first round of competition in the under 100 kilogram weight category, and Vera Moskaliuk in the under 78 kg weight class lost in the 1/8 finals to Spanish judoka Ester San Miguel. The gold medals here went to Mongolian wrestler Naidan Tuvshinbayar, who became the first Olympic champion in his country's history, and Yang Shulun from China.
Russian archery representative Natalya Erdynieva was also unable to fight for medals. In the 1/8 final stage, she lost to future champion Zhang Juanjuan from China.
Likewise, Russian sabre fencers lost at early stages on the way to the podium to future champions. After a victory over the Russian team, the Ukrainian team beat the Americans and Chinese and received Beijing gold.
Another set of awards was contested without the participation of Russian athletes - German riders won the team dressage tournament. And two finals in canoe slalom scheduled for today were canceled due to bad weather.
Russian boxer Artur Beterbiev suffered a disappointing defeat in the 1/16 finals of his weight category against Chinese boxer Zhang Xiaoping. However, no one would raise a hand to accuse Artur of poor boxing – when unfair judging decisions come into play, no amount of boxing helps... Another Russian loss in this sport was Andrey Balanov, who lost to world champion Demetrius Andrade from the USA in the under 69 kg weight class.
As for team sports, Russians have nothing to boast about today. The only pleasant event for Russian fans is the victory of the men's volleyball team over the great Brazilians - 3:1. A second defeat in the beach volleyball tournament was suffered by the Russian pair Dmitry Barsuk and Igor Kolodinsky, but they managed to break into the playoffs and will continue their fight for medals. Also, the men's handball team lost, conceding a goal from the Danes in the last second. The basketball players also lost, falling 79:86 to the Lithuanian team. Finally, the Russian men's national table tennis team ended their appearances in Beijing ignominiously, losing to the Nigerian team. (sportbox.ru)
GENERAL STANDINGS
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August 15
DAY RESULTS
DAY RESULTS
On another competition day of the Beijing Olympics, Russian athletes won four awards, all of bronze merit. At the same time, medals in canoe slalom, archery and even swimming should be recognized as an undeniable success for the Russians.
Although the main heroines of the day should be recognized as the Russian tennis players. Dinara Safina beat world number one Jelena Janković from Serbia and became the third Russian semifinalist in singles. Thus, two of the three awards in this event will guaranteed go to Russians. Unfortunately, both pairs composed of Russian representatives ended their struggle at the quarterfinal stage. Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina lost to the Williams sisters, and Svetlana Kuznetsova and Safina to Chinese girls.
And the first of the Russians to ascend the podium on Friday was swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin. He came third in the final race over a distance of 200 meters backstroke. This medal, as they say in such cases, has a golden tint. Vyatchanin, who had been struggling with a high fever for the last few days, led for 150 meters of the distance, beating the world record pace, but the Russian ran out of strength at the finish; he was overtaken by recognized leaders in this type of swimming Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol. In other finals Yulia Efimova came fifth in the two hundred meter breaststroke, while American Rebecca Sonye won, German Britta Steffen unexpectedly won the women's 100m freestyle, and Michael Phelps received his sixth Beijing gold in the 200m individual medley.
Once again, our former specialty - artistic gymnastics - brought no medals to Russia. American Nastia Lyukin with Russian roots became the absolute Olympic champion. By half a point, she beat her compatriot Shawn Johnson, who ultimately became the silver medalist. Russians Ksenia Semenova and Anna Pavlova were unable to place among the winners, taking fourth and seventh places respectively.
The second bronze of the day was won by weightlifter Nadezhda Evstyukhina, who only slightly lost to Kazakhstan representative Alla Vazhenina in the fight for silver. The first place in the women's weightlifting competitions in the under 75 kilogram category went to Chinese Cao Lei, who was far stronger than her other opponents. And in the men's under 85 kilograms category, where Russians did not participate, same-country Chinese Lu Yong beat world record holder Andrey Rybakov from Belarus in a dramatic struggle.
In rifle shooting from a distance of 50m, Ukrainian representative Artur Ayvazyan prevailed. And Russian shooters received a medal without a fight today. Silver medalist in 10-meter pistol shooting Kim Yong-Su from the DPRK was caught using doping, which allowed Vladimir Isakov, who took fourth place on August 12, to move up one position.
Russian fans were pleased by the canoe crew consisting of Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov, who took third place in the doubles canoe slalom competition. Gold in this event was won by a family duo from Slovakia Pavel Hochšorner/Peter Hochšorner. Gold for women in single kayak competitions was won by another representative of Slovakia Elena Kaliska.
Russian archer Bair Badenov won a bronze award in the men's individual championship. In the bout for bronze, Badenov defeated Mexican Juan Serrano. Badenov could have fought for gold, but in the semifinal he lost only in a shoot-off to Ukrainian Viktor Ruban, who ultimately became champion.
Russian judokas ended the Olympic tournament ignominiously, once again remaining without medals. Neither Tea Donguzashvili (over 78 kg) nor Tamerlan Tmenov (over 100 kg) managed to fight even for bronze, and yet they were the main hopes of the Russian team. The champions in these weights were Chinese Tong Wen and Ishii Satoshi from Japan.
Three more sets of medals were contested without the participation of Russians. In the men's épée team competitions, the French prevailed; gold in the women's badminton doubles went to the Chinese; and the first top-tier medal on the velodrome was received by German cyclists who won the team sprint.
The Olympic athletics tournament started on Friday, where the first two sets of awards were contested. Unfortunately, Russians failed to grab any medals. In shot put Pavel Sofyin came eighth, and the gold medal, the first for her country, was won by Pole Tomasz Majewski. In the women's 10,000 meters race with the second fastest time in history Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia won, while Russian representatives Maria Konovalova and Inga Abitova came fifth and sixth. As for other results, it is worth noting Gulnara Samitova-Galkina's victory in the 3000m steeplechase semifinal with an Olympic record.
Russian boxers suffered another loss - world champion Sergey Vodopyanov, once again with questionable judging, lost to Akhil Kumar from India. Meanwhile, Russian team captain Alexey Tishchenko confidently defeated Anthony Little from Australia and reached the quarterfinals.
The day proved successful for Russian women's teams in team sports. Volleyball players beat the Algerian team (3:0), basketball players - the Brazilian team (74:64), handball players - a strong Hungarian team (33:24). And only the water polo team, having already lost their chances to reach the playoffs, lost their last group stage match to the Americans - 7:12.(sportbox.ru)
GENERAL STANDINGS
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