On Wednesday, three Slovak national teams ended their performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, and another four presented themselves in the qualifications of their disciplines.
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Even on the fifth day of competition, he competes at Games XXXII. Olympics Slovakia did not win a medal.
Badminton player Martina Repiská did not advance to the eighth finals of the women’s singles, when she lost to the favored Canadian Michelle Li 0: 2 (-18, -16) in the duel of the basic F-group.
The tournament nine turned into a second ball match at the end of the second set. Twenty-five-year-old Repiská is a five-time champion of Slovakia in singles.
The greatest success of the member of the BK Odense team, where he is preparing under the leadership of the Danish coach Lennart Engler, is the ninth place at the European Games in Minsk 2019.
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“The Olympics gave me a lot. It was an amazing experience that I didn’t have before. They motivate me to continue working on myself.
It was amazing to play against world-class players. I learned a lot, “said Repiská according to the official website of the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (SOŠV).
Cyclist Lukáš Kubiš has made his second start in Tokyo, taking the penultimate 37th place in the individual time trial and lagging behind the winning Slovenian Primož Roglič by 11: 21.01 minutes on the 44.2 km long track.
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Only Syrian Ahmad Badreddin Wais, who represents the refugee team at the 2020 Olympics, finished behind the Dukla Banská Bystrica continental team competitor.
Juraj Sagan was originally supposed to start in the time trial, but in the end he was replaced by the 21-year-old debutant Kubiš.
The swimmer Andrea Podmaníková did not advance from the heat to the semifinals even in her second performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Twenty-three-year-old Slovak presented herself in the first race of four on the 200 m breaststroke and caught up in 2: 29.56 min.
In the first half, the Slovak swimmer kept up with her opponents and moved to the 5th place, but in the end she ran out of strength and finished seventh.
In this case, it lagged behind its own Slovak record from May by 1.79 seconds. In the final accounting, it was enough for her 30th position.
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The 16 best advanced to Thursday’s semifinals, more than five seconds from Slovakia.
Trapists who completed the first part of the qualification came into play at the Olympics. Among women, Zuzana Rehák Štefečeková is the leader when she shot down all 75 targets.
Among men, Erik Vargo is in 12th place, he missed only twice on Wednesday. The second part of the qualification will be shot by Slovaks on Thursday, when there are also six-member finals on the program.
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In water slalom, neither kayaker Jakub Grigar nor canoeist Monika Škáchová had a problem penetrating into the semifinals.
Grigar finished 8th in Wednesday’s qualification and the K1 semifinal awaits him on Friday, July 30.
Debutante under five circles Škáchová in the C1 qualification reached the twelfth best time at the premiere of this discipline at the Olympics, she will fight for the best possible position on Thursday, July 29.
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In addition to the Trappists and Škáchová, three other Slovaks will perform in Tokyo on Thursday.
In archery Denisa Baránková, the introduction of the elimination part awaits, in boxing in the category up to 75 kg Andrej Csemez will complete his second match and golfers with Rory Sabbatini also have their first day of play on the program.
Slovak athletes in Thursday’s OH program (CENTR)
Rory Sabattini, golf, 0.30 – 1. kolo
Andrej Csemez, boxing, 4.30 round of 16 against Darčiňan (Arm.)
Denisa Baránková, archery, 5.45 first round against Parnat (Est.)
Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova, sport shooting – trap, 2.00 – 5.20 qualification, in case of advancement 7.30 – 8.15 final
Erik Varga, sport shooting – trap, 2.50 – 6.10 qualification, if necessary post. 8.30 – 9.15 final
Monika Škáchová, water slalom – C1, 7.00 – 7.45 semifinal, in event. post. 8.45 – 9.22 final
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