Women’s water polo and Ghadfa aim for gold on Saturday with options in canoeing and athletics
Women’s water polo and boxer Ayoub Ghadfa will be the focus of attention on the penultimate day of competition for the Spanish delegation at the Paris Olympic Games, which will use its last chances to add to the medal table through canoeing, athletics and artistic swimming mainly.
The team led by Miki Oca will play its third Olympic final at 3:35 p.m. after losing in 2021 and 2021 to the United States against Australia, against which it hopes to finally be crowned champions, something that in the history of Spanish Olympics only the ‘golden girls’ of field hockey in Barcelona’92 achieved. Without leaving the water, the duo formed by Iris Tió and Alissa Ozoghina will seek to come back in the Free Duo to aspire to a difficult medal.
It will not be the only great chance to add a new gold medal to the medal table, as in the evening, at Roland Garros, the Marbella boxer Ayoub Ghadfa will fight to become Olympic super heavyweight champion (+92 kilos) against the Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov, gold three years ago in Tokyo.
Canoeing will face its last day in search of adding new medals, especially in the C1 200 metres with Antía Jácome, current world runner-up, and María Corbera; and with the long distances of K1 1000 (Begoña Lazkano, Estefanía Fernández, Paco Cubelos and Adrián del Río).
Meanwhile, on the Stade de France tartan, Mohamed Attaoui and Yulenmis Aguilar will have their respective finals in the 800 metres and javelin, where they could be in the fight for medals, Thierry Ndikumwenayo will want to be at his best in the 5,000 metres after his great performance in the 10,000 metres, and Águeda Marquéz will try to enjoy and finish as high as possible in her ‘gift’ in the form of the 1,500 metres final. Before that, very early, the streets of Paris will experience the always special marathon with the participation of Tariku Novales, Ibrahim Chakir and Yago Rojo.
In addition, in the velodrome, Albert Torres, who was close to the podium in Omnium, and Sebastián Mora will end Spain’s participation in track cycling with their participation in the Madison, a modality in which they were sixth three years ago in Tokyo.
The Catalan Laura Heredia will finish her historic debut in the modern pentathlon, while at Le Golf National the Malaga-born Azahara Muñoz and the Navarre-born Carlota Ciganda will experience the last day with the former trying to finish under par and as close to the top positions as possible.