Here’s the latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a yearβs delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
Last update: 08/08/2021
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Day 16 – 08/08
ππΊπ€½ββοΈ Like their women counterparts, Hungary’s men’s national water polo team won the bronze medal against Spain, securing their first medal since 1998 and Hungary’s twentieth in Tokyo π₯
Day 15 – 07/08
ππΊπ£ββοΈ In heavy rain, DΓ³ra Bodonyi, Tamara Csipes, Anna KΓ‘rΓ‘sz and Danuta KozΓ‘k won Hungary’s third consecutive women’s K4 500m Olympic title and the country’s sixth gold medal in Tokyo… π₯
π΅π±π£ββοΈ … with Poland’s Karolina Naja, Anna PuΕawska, Justyna Iskrzycka and Helena WiΕniewska finishing third, behind New Zealand π₯
πΈπ°π£ββοΈ In the men’s K4 500m event, Samuel BalΓ‘ΕΎ, Denis MyΕ‘Γ‘k, Erik VlΔek and Adam Botek also came third to clock in Slovakia’s fourth medal π₯
π΅π±πββοΈ After winning the mixed event, Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, MaΕgorzata HoΕub-Kowalik and Justyna ΕwiΔty-Ersetic finished second in the women’s 4x400m relay π₯
π¨πΏπ‘The Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch and VΓtΔzslav VeselΓ½ respectively finished second and third in the men’s javelin throw π₯π₯
ππΊπ€½ββοΈ Meanwhile, Hungary’s women’s national water polo team won their bronze medal play-off match against Russia π₯
Day 14 – 06/08
π΅π±πΆ Dawid Tomala finished first in men’s 50 kilometres walk, winning Poland’s fourth gold of the Olympics π₯
π΅π±π‘ Polish record holder Maria Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the women’s javelin throw π₯
ππΊπ Hungary’s Sarolta KovΓ‘cs finished behind Great Britain’s Kate French and Lithuania’s Laura AsadauskaitΔ to win bronze in the women’s modern pentathlon π₯
ππΊπ₯ Karateka GΓ‘bor HΓ‘rspataki also took bronze for Hungary in the men’s kumite 75kg category π₯
Day 13 – 05/08
ππΊπ£ββοΈ SΓ‘ndor TΓ³tka won Hungary’s fifth gold of the Olympics in the men’s kayak single 200m competition π₯
ππΊπ£ββοΈ In the womenβs kayak single 500m final, Tamara Csipes finished second behdind Lisa Carrington who won her fifth Olympic gold π₯
ππΊπββοΈ Meanwhile, KristΓ³f Rasovszky finished second in the men’s marathon swim to take home silver π₯
π¨πΏπ£ββοΈ The Czech Republic’s Josef DostΓ‘l and Radek Ε louf also finished third in an exciting men’s K2 1000m final π₯
Day 12 – 04/08
π΅π±π¨ Emulating their women counterparts, Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki and compatriot PaweΕ Fajdek won the gold and bronze medals in the men’s hammer throw π₯ π₯
π΅π±β΅οΈ Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Jolanta Ogar won the silver medal for Poland in the women’s 470-class sailing event π₯
ππΊπ€ΌββοΈ Disappointment for Hungary’s Viktor LΕrincz who could not emulate his brother TamΓ‘s and lost to Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk in the men’s Greco-Roman 87 kg final π₯
π΅π±πββοΈ Poland’s Patryk Dobek finished third and won the bronze medal in the men’s 800m π₯
Day 11 – 03/08
ππΊπ€ΌββοΈ Wrestler TamΓ‘s LΕrincz defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov in the men’s Greco-Roman 77 kg final π₯
π΅π±π¨ World record holder Anita WΕodarczyk won Poland’s second gold medal in the women’s hammer throw with compatriot Malwina Kopron taking bronze π₯ π₯
ππΊπ£ββοΈ Hungary’s BΓ‘lint Kopasz captured the gold medal in the men’s kayak single 1000m competition in front of compatriot ΓdΓ‘m Varga who claimed the silver medal π₯ π₯
ππΊβ΅οΈ In sailing, Zsombor Berecz also took silver in the Men’s Finn, finishing behind Great Britain’s Giles Scott π₯
π΅π±π£ββοΈ Meanwhile, Poland’s Karolina Naja and Anna PuΕawska finished second in the women’s kayak double 500m final, taking silver… π₯
ππΊπ£ββοΈ … with Hungary’s DΓ³ra Bodonyi and Danuta KozΓ‘k taking bronze π₯
π΅π±π€ΌββοΈ In the men’s Greco-Roman 77 kg category, Tadeusz Michalik finished third to win Poland’s fourth medal π₯
Day 10 – 02/08
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Day 9 – 01/08
π¨πΏπΎ Czech top seeds Barbora KrejΔΓkovΓ‘ and KateΕina SiniakovΓ‘ added the Olympic women’s doubles title to their French tennis Open crown π₯
πΈπ°ποΈ South African golfer Rory Sabbatini, who represents Slovakia, was edged by a stroke by American Xander Schauffele in the menβs individual competition and had to settle for silver π₯
Day 8 – 31/07
π΅π±πββοΈ Comprised of Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna ΕwiΔty-Ersetic and Kajetan DuszyΕski, the Polish team scored an upset win in the inaugural Olympic 4×400 metres mixed relay to clock in Poland’s first gold in Tokyo π₯
ππΊπββοΈ Hungary’s KristΓ³f MilΓ‘k won the silver medal in the men’s 100m butterfly, his second medal of the Tokyo Olympics π₯
π¨πΏπ£ββοΈ The Czech Republicβs MarkΓ©ta VondrouΕ‘ovΓ‘ was overpowered by world number 12 Belinda Bencic in the womenβs singles tennis final and had to settle for silver π₯
Day 7 – 30/07
π¨πΏπ£ββοΈ Heavy favourite JiΕΓ Prskavec won the Czech Republic’s second gold medal of the Olympics in the K1 men’s canoe slalom… π₯
πΈπ°π£ββοΈ … with the silver medal going to Slovakia’s Jakub Grigar π₯
π¨πΏ π₯ Czech judoka LukΓ‘Ε‘ KrpΓ‘lek defeated Georgia’s Guram Tushishvili in the 100 kg category to win his second Olympic gold after the one won in Rio π₯
Day 6 – 29/07
π¨πΏπ₯ The Czech Republic’s JiΕΓ LiptΓ‘k outlasted teammate David KosteleckΓ½ in a shoot-off to win men’s trap gold π₯π₯
πΈπ°π₯ In the womenβs trap, Zuzana RehΓ‘k-Ε tefeΔekovΓ‘ set an Olympic record to win Slovakia’s first medal of the Olympics π₯
Day 5 – 28/07
ππΊπββοΈ Hungary’s 21-year-old world record holder KristΓ³f MilΓ‘k powered to the men’s 200m butterfly gold medal π₯
π΅π±π£ββοΈ Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Maria Sajdak, Marta Wieliczko and Katarzyna Zillmann clocked up Poland‘s first medal with a silver in the womenβs quadruple sculls π₯
ππΊπ€Ί The Hungarian menβs sabre national team managed to pocket the bronze medal following a victory against Germany π₯
ππΊπ₯ Judoka KrisztiΓ‘n TΓ³th grabbed Hungaryβs 500th Olympic medal after beating Russia’s Mikhail Igolnikov for bronze in the men’s 90 kg category π₯
Day 4 – 27/07
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Day 3 – 26/07
π¨πΏπ£ββοΈ LukΓ‘Ε‘ Rohan won the Czech Republicβs first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with silver in the men’s C-1 Slalom π₯
π¨πΏπ€Ί The Czech Republic won its second medal with Alexander Choupenitch who clinched the bronze medal in the menβs individual foil π₯
Day 2 – 25/07
ππΊπ€Ί Hungary’s Gergely SiklΓ³si took silver in the individual men’s epee fencing competition after losing to Romain Cannone of France π₯
Day 1 – 24/07
ππΊπ€Ί Hungary’s Γron SzilΓ‘gyi made Olympic fencing history as he took the sabre title for a third time in a row π₯
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