Paris 2024 ⟩ 3×3 basketball players fight for medals on exciting competition day for Latvia

The semi-final between Latvia and France will start at 20:00, but before that at 19:00 the Netherlands and Lithuania will fight for the other ticket to the final. The bronze match is scheduled for 22.30, and the final – 23.30.

Finally, at 8 pm, Valters Kreis, the first Olympic tourist, will compete in the pole vault final.

20-year-old Kreis, the youngest participant in the competition, cleared the starting height of 5.40 meters on his first attempt at qualification on Saturday, then he also jumped 5.60 and 5.70 meters on his first run.

None of the three attempts at a height of 5.75 meters were successful, and to reach the final, they had to hope to get into the top twelve.

The Latvian shared 11th place with the Australian Curtis Marshall and were the last two to get a place in the final.

The Olympic Games will be held in the French capital until August 11, and not only in the French capital, but also in 16 other places, including the territory of of France abroad in French Polynesia. The Games program includes 32 sports and 329 sets of medals will be distributed.

At the Paris Games, Latvia will be represented by 29 athletes in 14 sports: 3×3 basketball, BMX supercross and freestyle, show jumping, equestrian sports, mountain biking, shooting, modern pentathlon, swimming , beach volleyball, weightlifting, road cycling, tennis and gymnastics.