David de Pina made history in Paris and secured Cape Verde’s first medal

2024-08-03 13:32:23

On the seventh day of competition at the Paris Olympics, Cape Verde won its first Olympic medal. In boxing, the semi-finals secured a bronze medal and David de Pina won the first medal in Cape Verde’s history at the Olympic Games.

Is this Friday, August 2, a historic day for Cape Verde, which secured its first Olympic medal?

Marco Martins: Yesterday was a historic day for Cape Verde, which will join Mozambique as one of the only countries in Portuguese-speaking Africa to achieve a medal. Now, Cape Verde achieves at least one bronze medal, because in boxing, when the final comes, the bronze medal is guaranteed, the third place.

David de Pina will face his opponent from Uzbekistan, Hasanboy Dumatov, in the semi-finals tomorrow, August 4th If he manages to get through the finals he will fight for gold or silver and if he loses to the athlete from Uzbekistan. is, at the very least, a bronze medal. In any case, what is happening is historic because Cape Verde did not manage to win a medal at the Olympic Games. The medal will be won by David de Pina in the -51 kilo category.

France also experienced a historic day, France scored nine goals in one day. Léon Marchand in swimming, Teddy Riner in Judo and Joris Daudet in BMX. Will all three athletes win gold medals?

Yes, it’s true, it’s also a historic day for France. Léon Marchand won his fourth gold medal, something no French athlete had ever achieved; won multiple titles at the same Olympic Games. The French may not know the name of Léon Marchand, today everyone is talking about him because he is an athlete who stumbles on the heels of the American Michael Phelps, who won many gold medals, 23 in total, we will see if Léon Marchand, 22 years old, if you will be able to approach this feat. What is certain is that he has won four gold medals in the four swimming events he participated in.

For judoka Teddy Riner it was also a historic day, as he won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze, in five appearances at the Olympic Games. The French judoka will compete this Saturday in the category of mixed teams to try to get another medal with the French team, like Léon Marchand in swimming, who still has two events to go.

In BMX, in addition to the titles held by the cyclist, it is above all the fact that France achieved something prepared: first, second and third place in the same race. Something rare has been seen at the Olympic Games and has not been seen for 100 years. For the first time in BMX this happened to France, which saw the raising of three French flags when the ceremony took place.