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#Tokyo2020 daily recap’ – Day 16

Here’s the latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:

Last update: 08/08/2021

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Day 16 – 08/08

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€½β€β™€οΈ 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 πŸ₯‰

Day 15 – 07/08

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸš£β€β™€οΈ 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… πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸš£β€β™€οΈ … with Poland’s Karolina Naja, Anna PuΕ‚awska, Justyna Iskrzycka and Helena WiΕ›niewska finishing third, behind New Zealand πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°πŸš£β€β™€οΈ In the men’s K4 500m event, Samuel BalΓ‘ΕΎ, Denis MyΕ‘Γ‘k, Erik Vlček and Adam Botek also came third to clock in Slovakia’s fourth medal πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ After winning the mixed event, Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, MaΕ‚gorzata HoΕ‚ub-Kowalik and Justyna ŚwiΔ™ty-Ersetic finished second in the women’s 4x400m relay πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ—‘The Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch and VΓ­tΔ›zslav VeselΓ½ respectively finished second and third in the men’s javelin throw πŸ₯ˆπŸ₯‰

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€½β€β™€οΈ Meanwhile, Hungary’s women’s national water polo team won their bronze medal play-off match against Russia πŸ₯‰

Day 14 – 06/08

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸšΆ Dawid Tomala finished first in men’s 50 kilometres walk, winning Poland’s fourth gold of the Olympics πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸ—‘ Polish record holder Maria Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the women’s javelin throw πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ 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 πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ₯‹ Karateka GΓ‘bor HΓ‘rspataki also took bronze for Hungary in the men’s kumite 75kg category πŸ₯‰

Day 13 – 05/08

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ SΓ‘ndor TΓ³tka won Hungary’s fifth gold of the Olympics in the men’s kayak single 200m competition πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ In the women’s kayak single 500m final, Tamara Csipes finished second behdind Lisa Carrington who won her fifth Olympic gold πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ Meanwhile, KristΓ³f Rasovszky finished second in the men’s marathon swim to take home silver πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ The Czech Republic’s Josef DostΓ‘l and Radek Ε louf also finished third in an exciting men’s K2 1000m final πŸ₯‰

Day 12 – 04/08

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸ”¨ Emulating their women counterparts, Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki and compatriot PaweΕ‚ Fajdek won the gold and bronze medals in the men’s hammer throw πŸ₯‡ πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±β›΅οΈ Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Jolanta Ogar won the silver medal for Poland in the women’s 470-class sailing event πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€Όβ€β™‚οΈ Disappointment for Hungary’s Viktor LΕ‘rincz who could not emulate his brother TamΓ‘s and lost to Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk in the men’s Greco-Roman 87 kg final πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Poland’s Patryk Dobek finished third and won the bronze medal in the men’s 800m πŸ₯‰

Day 11 – 03/08

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€Όβ€β™‚οΈ Wrestler TamΓ‘s LΕ‘rincz defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov in the men’s Greco-Roman 77 kg final πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸ”¨ World record holder Anita WΕ‚odarczyk won Poland’s second gold medal in the women’s hammer throw with compatriot Malwina Kopron taking bronze πŸ₯‡ πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ Hungary’s BΓ‘lint Kopasz captured the gold medal in the men’s kayak single 1000m competition in front of compatriot ÁdΓ‘m Varga who claimed the silver medal πŸ₯‡ πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ίβ›΅οΈ In sailing, Zsombor Berecz also took silver in the Men’s Finn, finishing behind Great Britain’s Giles Scott πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸš£β€β™‚οΈ Meanwhile, Poland’s Karolina Naja and Anna PuΕ‚awska finished second in the women’s kayak double 500m final, taking silver… πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ … with Hungary’s DΓ³ra Bodonyi and Danuta KozΓ‘k taking bronze πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸ€Όβ€β™‚οΈ In the men’s Greco-Roman 77 kg category, Tadeusz Michalik finished third to win Poland’s fourth medal πŸ₯‰

Day 10 – 02/08

Day 9 – 01/08

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸŽΎ Czech top seeds Barbora KrejčíkovΓ‘ and KateΕ™ina SiniakovΓ‘ added the Olympic women’s doubles title to their French tennis Open crown πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°πŸŒοΈ South African golfer Rory Sabbatini, who represents Slovakia, was edged by a stroke by American Xander Schauffele in the men’s individual competition and had to settle for silver πŸ₯ˆ

Day 8 – 31/07

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Comprised of Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna ŚwiΔ™ty-Ersetic and Kajetan DuszyΕ„ski, 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 πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ Hungary’s KristΓ³f MilΓ‘k won the silver medal in the men’s 100m butterfly, his second medal of the Tokyo Olympics πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ The Czech Republic’s MarkΓ©ta VondrouΕ‘ovΓ‘ was overpowered by world number 12 Belinda Bencic in the women’s singles tennis final and had to settle for silver πŸ₯ˆ

Day 7 – 30/07

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ Heavy favourite JiΕ™Γ­ Prskavec won the Czech Republic’s second gold medal of the Olympics in the K1 men’s canoe slalom… πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°πŸš£β€β™‚οΈ … with the silver medal going to Slovakia’s Jakub Grigar πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ πŸ₯‹ 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 πŸ₯‡

Day 6 – 29/07

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ₯ The Czech Republic’s JiΕ™Γ­ LiptΓ‘k outlasted teammate David KosteleckΓ½ in a shoot-off to win men’s trap gold πŸ₯‡πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°πŸ₯ In the women’s trap, Zuzana RehΓ‘k-Ε tefečekovΓ‘ set an Olympic record to win Slovakia’s first medal of the Olympics πŸ₯‡

Day 5 – 28/07

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ Hungary’s 21-year-old world record holder KristΓ³f MilΓ‘k powered to the men’s 200m butterfly gold medal πŸ₯‡

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸš£β€β™€οΈ Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Maria Sajdak, Marta Wieliczko and Katarzyna Zillmann clocked up Poland‘s first medal with a silver in the women’s quadruple sculls πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€Ί The Hungarian men’s sabre national team managed to pocket the bronze medal following a victory against Germany πŸ₯‰

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ₯‹ Judoka KrisztiΓ‘n TΓ³th grabbed Hungary’s 500th Olympic medal after beating Russia’s Mikhail Igolnikov for bronze in the men’s 90 kg category πŸ₯‰

Day 4 – 27/07

Day 3 – 26/07

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸš£β€β™‚οΈ LukΓ‘Ε‘ Rohan won the Czech Republic’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with silver in the men’s C-1 Slalom πŸ₯ˆ

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ€Ί The Czech Republic won its second medal with Alexander Choupenitch who clinched the bronze medal in the men’s individual foil πŸ₯‰

Day 2 – 25/07

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€Ί Hungary’s Gergely SiklΓ³si took silver in the individual men’s epee fencing competition after losing to Romain Cannone of France πŸ₯ˆ

Day 1 – 24/07

πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ€Ί Hungary’s Áron SzilΓ‘gyi made Olympic fencing history as he took the sabre title for a third time in a row πŸ₯‡

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