2024-08-04 21:00:15
All competitions with the participation of Latvian athletes will be broadcast live today by the television channel LTV7.
At 11:10 a.m., the men’s pole vault qualifying competition will begin, in which the debutant of the Olympic Games, Valters Kreis, will also compete.
The pole vaulters who clear the bar placed at a height of 5.80 meters or enter the top 12 will enter the final, which will be held on Monday.
At 12 o’clock, the men’s group race will start in road cycling, with Tom Skujinas representing Latvia.
Skujinš has competed in the Olympic Games twice. In 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, he ranked 59th in the group race, but three years ago in Tokyo, he took 22nd place. In the Tokyo Games, Skujiņš also participated in the individual race, taking 30th place.
At 18:00, the match in group D will be played by Graudiņa and Samoilova, who are seeded ninth in the tournament, meeting with the Canadian duet Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandi Wilkerson (4th).
In the previous group matches, the Latvians lost 0-2 (15:21, 14:21) to the Swiss Esme Bebner and Zoe Verger-Depre (16th) and defeated the Paraguayan pair Juliana Poleti 2-0 (21:19, 21:15). Michel Valienti (21.).
In the other group matches, the Canadian women beat the Paraguayan duo 2-0 (21:16, 21:12), but lost to the Swiss pair 1-2 (18:21, 21:13, 11:15).
The winners of the first two places in the group, as well as the two best third place winners, will enter the round of 16, while two more duos will become known in the two duels of the other third place winners.
Graudiņa and Samoilova are competing in the second Olympic Games in a row. In 2021, they won the fourth place.
A set of 31 medals will be awarded today in rowing, badminton, sailing, judo, table tennis, equestrian, archery, fencing, swimming, surfing, shooting, road cycling, tennis, athletics and gymnastics.
The Olympic Games will take place in the French capital until August 11, and not only in the French capital, but also in 16 other places, including the French overseas territory of 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 athletics.
2024-08-04 21:00:15