2024-07-30 17:08:34
Live broadcasts of mountain biking and beach volleyball competitions are planned for channel LTV7.
At 10:15 a.m. Latvian time, Agate Rašmane and Lauris Strautmanis will start in a duet competition in shooting at a distance of ten meters with an air pistol.
In the competition, 17 duos will fight for four places in the medal fights. The two best will fight for gold on Tuesday, and the owners of the third and fourth results – for bronze.
At 15.10, Mārtiņš Blūms will start in the mountain biking Olympic cross-country race.
Blum is a rookie at the Olympic Games and ranks 19th in the world. In the world championships of the previous two years, the česnik player ranked 11th.
Finally, at 18:00, the beach volleyball duo Tina Graudiņa/Anastasija Samoilova will play their first match against the Swiss Esme Bebner/Zoe Verger-Depre.
In Group D, Graudiņa and Samoilova will also meet the Canadian duet Melissa Human-Paredes/Brandi Wilkerson and the Paraguayan pair Juliana Poletti/Michelle Valiente.
Graudiņa and Samoilova will compete in the second Olympic Games in a row. In 2021, they won the fourth place.
Today, 19 sets of medals will be distributed in archery, gymnastics, rowing slalom, mountain biking, show jumping, equestrian sports, fencing, judo, shooting, skateboarding, swimming.
The second round of the men’s singles tournament between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, which could start around 14:30 Latvian time, is especially awaited.
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.
LETA sports news reporter Paula Vucena informs about current events from Paris. In the LETA section dedicated to the Olympic Games (“the latest information is available not only about the progress and successes of Latvian athletes, but also other current events.
2024-07-30 17:08:34