The gold medal of the men’s Olympic tournament ended up in the renewed Serbia. The Serbs, although underdogs, defeated their tough neighbors Croatia 13-11 in the final and climbed to the top step of the podium for the third Olympiad in a row.
The Serbians had eliminated the Greek team in the quarter-finals with a last-minute goal. Our National Team finished in 5th place, with today’s 15-13 win over Spain (Gennedounias 3, Papanastasiou 3, Kakaris 3, Foudoulis 2, Skoubakis, Kalogeropoulos, Argyropoulos, Gillas). “For four days now we have lost our sleep”, confessed the coach Thodoris Vlachos.
The Spanish won the corresponding women’s gold medal, beating Australia 11-9 in the final. Our national team finished 7th, after yesterday they beat Canada 19-10 in their farewell game.
In men’s basketball, the USA needed a crescendo of four 3-pointers by Steph Curry (24 ppg, 8/12 trg) in the final five minutes to overcome French resistance in Bercy, 98-87 (halftime 49-41, Wembania 26 ). The bronze medal went to the Serbs, with a 93-83 win over Germany in the minor final. LeBron James was named MVP, while Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was the leading scorer of the tournament, was voted in the second five. This was the 5th straight gold medal for the Americans.
In men’s volleyball, France easily defeated Poland 3-0 in the final, while in women’s Italy Italy won the title match with the USA by the same score. In men’s soccer, the Spanish defeated the French 5-3 in extra time, while the women’s gold went to the USA (1-0 Brazil).
Denmark easily won the men’s handball gold medal with a 39-26 win over Germany, while the women’s match went to Norway, who defeated France 29-21.
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