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Basketball players win 3×3 against host country Japan

sport">12.59 pm: The Dutch 3×3 basketball players have won their third game of the Olympic tournament. The Orange squad, consisting of Arvin Slagter, Jessey Voorn, Dimeo van der Horst and Ross Bekkering, was too strong for the host country with 21-20.

sport">The match between the two countries went on for a long time. At a score of 20-20, the Orange managed to take the win. Slagter decided the game with a free throw.

sport">The Netherlands started the Olympic tournament with a defeat against Serbia and a victory over the Russian team.

sport">The Netherlands will play against China later this Sunday. The men are divided into a group of eight countries. The numbers 1 and 2 qualify for the semi-finals. The numbers 3 to 6 go to the quarterfinals.

Sailor De Geus wins third race and climbs to sixth place

sport">12.19 pm: Windsurfer Lilian de Geus is in sixth place in the RS:X class at the Olympic Games after the first day of competition. The Dutchman had a difficult start to the event with eighth and eleventh place, but she recovered by winning the third race in Enoshima Bay.

sport">The 29-year-old De Geus is a three-time world champion (2018, 2020 and 2021). She finished fourth at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In Japan, De Geus is now going for gold. For the time being, her French competitor Charline Picon is in the lead, ahead of the Polish Zofia Noceti-Klepacka and the Italian Marta Maggetti.

Badminton duo Tafeling/Piek also loses second game

sport">9.32 am: The badminton duo Selena Piek and Robintabeling also lost their second match in the mixed doubles at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Chinese couple Siwei Zheng and Yaqiong Huang, world numbers 1 and reigning world champions, were too strong with 21-15 22-20.

sport">In the first game it was a tie until 14-14, but then the Chinese took control and won the game 21-15. In the second game, Piek andtabeling took a 20-18 lead and then got a game point, but they were unable to capitalize on it. The experienced Zheng and Huang finished it with 22-20.

sport">Previously, Piek andtabeling lost in three games against Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung from South Korea. Piek and Tafeling close the group stage against the Egyptian couple Hatem Adham Elgamal and Doha Hany, but a place in the quarterfinals no longer seems feasible. Only the best two couples in the group qualify for the last eight.

Sailor De Geus starts hunting for medal with eighth place

sport">9:02 a.m.: Windsurfer Lilian de Geus has started her hunt for a medal at the Olympic Games with eighth place. The Dutch, who competes in the RS:X class, saw the victory in Enoshima Bay go to her French competitor Charline Picon in the first race. China’s Lu Yunxiu came in second, ahead of Israel’s Katy Spychakov.

sport">The 29-year-old De Geus is a three-time world champion (2018, 2020 and 2021). She finished fourth at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In Japan, De Geus is now going for gold.

sport">The second and third races are scheduled for later on Sunday.

Canoe slalomster Wegman without problems to the semi-final Games

sport">9.00 am: Canoeist Martina Wegman has reached the semi-finals of the slalom section at the Olympic Games without any problems. The 32-year-old Wegman completed the two heats over the whitewater course in Tokyo almost flawlessly twice. Only in the first heat did she hit a gate once, which gave her 2 penalty seconds.

sport">Wegman set the twelfth time in that heat, in the second heat she finished tenth. The canoeist from Schoorl, who mainly resides in New Zealand, was about 4 seconds faster then. She gave over 11 seconds to Australian favorite Jessica Fox with her time of 109.84 seconds. Of the 27 participants in the preliminary round, only three dropped out. Tuesday is the semi-final, the best ten will play in the final the same day. Wegman hopes to reach the final at her first Olympics.

sport">In canoe slalom, participants must complete an artificial whitewater course of 250 meters as quickly as possible. On the way they have to pass between 25 gates. Whoever touches the posts of the gate gets 2 penalty seconds. A missed gate means 50 penalty seconds.

sport">Canoe slalom has been part of the Olympic program since 1992. The last time the Netherlands participated in this discipline was at Beijing 2008 with Robert Bouten and Ariane Herde. Both made it to the final. Bouten finished ninth, Herde finished sixth.

Windsurfer Badloe wins third race at Games

sport">8.10 am: Windsurfer Kiran Badloe has recovered after a disappointing start at the Olympics. The three-time world champion won the third race in the RS:X class with conviction on Sunday and has risen to third place in the standings.

sport">Badloe had a hard time in the first two races. He finished fifth and seventh respectively. In the third race, the wind picked up on the water around Enoshima Island and that was in Badloe’s favour.

sport">The Dutchman is favorite to succeed his former training companion Dorian van Rijsselberghe as Olympic champion.

Golfer DeChambeau misses Games after positive corona test

sport">07.13 am: American golfer Bryson DeChambeau misses the Tokyo Olympics. He has to be quarantined after a positive corona test.

sport">DeChambeau is the number 6 in the world ranking and won the US Open last year. He will be replaced by his compatriot Patrick Reed, who also participated in the previous Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Japan wins first gold medal in skateboarding

sport">7 a.m.: Host nation Japan has won its first gold medal in skateboarding at the Tokyo Games. The sport is on the Olympic program for the first time in Tokyo.

sport">Yuto Horigome was the best in the men’s street section in the Ariake Urban Sports Park. The silver went to Brazilian Kelvin Hoefler. American Jagger Eaton took the bronze.

Windsurfer Badloe disappoints in the first two races at Games

sport">6.49 am: Windsurfer Kiran Badloe did not start the Tokyo Olympics very energetically. The three-time world champion was stuck in fifth place in the RS:X class in race one. In the second race he only finished seventh.

sport">Badloe is favorite to succeed his former training mate Dorian van Rijsselberghe as Olympic champion. Still, he had to allow Swiss Mateo Sanz Lanz to be the fastest in the water around the island of Enoshima in the first two races.

sport">Badloe is fifth in the standings after two races. He will hit the water on Sunday for a third race.

Barty eliminated in first round Olympic tennis tournament

sport">5:53 am: Australian Ashleigh Barty, who was first seeded in the Olympic tennis tournament, was eliminated in the opening round. The number 1 in the world had to acknowledge her superiority with 6-4 6-3 in the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo, the global number 48.

sport">For Barty it was her first match since she won the title at Wimbledon, exactly two weeks ago.

sport">Barty, 25, competed in the Olympics for the first time.

Boxer Lacruz knocked out in first round at Games

sport">5.48 am: Boxer Enrico Lacruz failed to reach the second round of the 63 kilogram class at the Olympics. The 27-year-old Arnhemmer had to recognize his superior in the strong American Keyshawn Davis.

sport">La Cruz lost on points after three rounds. He wasn’t lucky with the draw, Davis is a leading contender for a medal. All judges designated the American as the winner.

Roeisters De Jong and Scheenaard to final double sculls

sport">5:46 am: The Dutch rowers have convincingly secured a place in the final battle of the double sculls. Roos de Jong and Lisa Scheenaard set the best time in their semifinals: 7.08.09.

sport">De Jong and Scheenaard had to tolerate Canada in the first part of their race, but took the lead in the final phase. The victory in the semi-finals was never in danger in the last hundred meters. Behind Canada, the United States came in third.

sport">The final of the double sculls is not until next week.

Epee fencer Delay to second round on Games

sport">5:23 a.m.: Degenschermer Bas Verwijsen has reached the second round at the Olympic Games. The 37-year-old from Brabant defeated South Korean Youngjun Kweon (15-10).

sport">Verlijken had a hard time with his opponent for a long time, but made the difference after a 10-10 tie.

sport">Verlagen has started his fourth Olympic Games. He finished eighth in Beijing in 2008 and was killed four years later in London in the eighth finals. At the previous Games in Rio de Janeiro, he already died in the first round.

Souwer on the skiff to the semi-finals

sport">4.28 am: Sophie Souwer has qualified for the semi-final without any problems on the single scull. She had to finish in the top three in the quarterfinals. Early in the race, the field split into two trios: three leaders and three lagging boats. Souwer was on the right side and eventually she had to leave the Austrian Magdalena Lobnig in front.

sport">For Souwer it was a nice end to an eventful morning. After all, the day started with the news that rowing coach Josy Verdonkschot tested positive for the corona virus.

First Olympic swimming title in Tokyo to American Kalisz

sport">3.49 am: American swimmer Chase Kalisz has won the first gold medal at the Tokyo Aquatics Center at the Olympics. The 27-year-old Kalisz won the 400 meter individual medley in 4.09.42 in the Japanese morning, ahead of his compatriot Jay Litherland (silver in 4.10.28) and Brendon Smith from Australia (4.10.38).

sport">Kalisz built up a strong lead on the third 100 meters – the breaststroke – and held on to the final two lanes of freestyle. The American, who was fanatically encouraged by his teammates from the stands, succeeds the Japanese Kosuke Hagino as Olympic champion on the 400 change. At the Rio 2016 Games, Kalisz finished second behind Hagino.

sport">Arjan Knipping got stuck in the series of the 400 change on Saturday evening. The Dutchman set the seventeenth time with 4.15.83.

sport">In the women’s race, the gold in this section went to Japan’s Yui Ohashi. The 25-year-old Japanese triumphed in 4.32.08, ahead of American swimmers Emma Weyant (silver) and Hali Flickinger (bronze). Ohashi, 25, burst into tears after delivering the host country’s second gold medal at the Games.

sport">Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui made a stunt in the 400 free. The 18-year-old Hafnaoui, who had qualified last for the final, swam in lane 8 to the gold in 3.43.36. It marked his first medal at a major tournament for the Tunisian teenager.

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