VoltThe glossy batter Hannes Ocik was disappointed with the view of Tokyo Bay, and even his strong team colleagues did not leave a pleasant impression. The German eight-a-side team failed in his Olympic gold medal event. After the team dominated the world’s elite for many years, the parade boat had to be content to fall behind New Zealand’s silver medal at the Sea Forest Waterway Olympics on Friday. Britain ranked third.
At this point, the final hope of the German Rowing Association for the gold medal was dashed.In front of the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach For the flagship after Rio de Janeiro’s silver medal, everything is for the coup. This should be the second gold medal after reunification, nine years after London 2012. What will happen? Since 2017, DRV 8 has won 3 consecutive world championships around helmsman Martin Sauer, 4 European championships, and set a world record.
Can’t get rid of competition
At the Tokyo Regatta, everything went according to plan, with dark clouds and slight thunder. The German ship quickly took the lead, but the game could not get rid of it. In a close match at halftime, Britain and New Zealand suddenly appeared in front of the German ship. It seems that the weight of the beloved character will paralyze the parade ship, and the gap between one meter and one meter is getting bigger and bigger. Through the final sprint, at least silver was saved. after all.
This German ship has already proved its dominance in the trial run. The gold medal candidate of batsman Ocik won the game with confidence on Saturday and went straight to the final like the Netherlands. With New Zealand’s victory in the reechage race, four other ships qualified for the Tokyo Bay showdown. But the appearance of superiority is deceptive.
Silver is another setback for DRV. Previously, only lightweight scullers Jonathan Romerman and Jason Osborne won silver medals on Thursday. The gold medal hopes Oliver Zeidler completely unexpectedly failed in a single semi-final, winning his B final with a big score only on Friday. But Zeidler was not happy and was too disappointed to miss the final. There, the Greek Stefanos Ntouskos unexpectedly won the gold medal with the best results in the Olympics.
“It needs me to deal with it,” Zeidler said, but announced the continuation of his career: “I absolutely want to continue. I do the same for my father, for all the work I put in him.”
In addition, New Zealand’s Emma Twig won the women’s singles championship, and Canada won the women’s eights championship. In these two games, the German ship did not reach the finals. In Rio, DRV has booked two gold medals and one silver medal. A total of seven ships departed from Tokyo.
