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Menu on Tuesday: Red Lions play semifinals and “Mondo” on world record hunt | Olympics

On day 11 of the Olympic Games, the denouements follow each other in rapid succession. On the athletics track, you can look out for Belgian talent and a Swedish sensation. In hockey, the Red Lions want to crush India on their way to the final. This is the treat on Tuesday’s menu.

As usual, the Belgian Sports Day starts on the athletics track. To 2.05 am Ismael Debjani is allowed to kick off with his series on the 1,500m.

Robin Vanderbemden is the second athlete to take action. His series on the 200m is up 4.29 am planned. If Vanderbemden advances to the semi-finals, he will close the Belgian athletics day to 1.50 pm.

Two Belgians are at the start in the 5,000 meters. Robin Hendrix is ​​the first to move. His series starts at 12:56 pm. Twenty minutes later, Isaac Kimeli can get ready to shoot at his favorite distance.

Michael Obasuyi won a silver medal in the 110m hurdles at the European U23 Championships in Tallinn. At the Games, the young Belgian would be satisfied with a place in the semi-finals. Can he do that? Obasuyi hears the starting gun 12.10 pm.

The kayakers are doing great at the Olympics. Artuur Peters stands over 3 hours in the 1,000m semifinals. If he advances to the final, we’ll see him again from 5.20 am.

The duo Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx can also participate in the semifinals. That stands for 3.30 am on the schedule, a possible final will follow at 5.45 am.

Convert 3.30 am feel free to add an extra alarm clock. At that moment, the Red Lions semi-final against India is whistled. Will the Belgian hockey men take the last hurdle towards the final? At sporza you are in the front row!

Finally, the jumping qualifications are on the Belgian agenda. Niels Bruynseels, Jerome Guéry and Gregory Wathelet are looking for a place at the top of equestrian sport. Appointment to 12 o’clock.

Will Duplantis break his world record?

Only one man is considered in the pole vault final. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. The Swedish-American child prodigy is at the Games for the first time, but has been a phenomenon in the athletics world for years.

Spoiler: The chance of Duplantis taking gold is approaching 100%. The question is whether he will again improve his own world record – 6.18 meters. At the beginning of 2020, the Swede broke the record twice, since then he has been saving all his strength to make the airspace unsafe in Tokyo.

Is the 21-year-old top athlete writing history? You can follow the denouement in the pole vault from 12.20 pm.

Final team sprint on the track

The final of the team sprint is scheduled for 10.45 am. In track cycling, the fastest trios of riders go in search of Olympic gold.

The defending champion is – how could it be otherwise – Great Britain. The British raced to an Olympic record in the discipline in Rio. In Japan it will be a fierce battle with, among others, the Dutch. Last year, our northern neighbors set the world record.

Thompson goes for the double

Elaine Thompson sprinted to Olympic gold in the 100m. The Jamaican’s hunger has not been satisfied with one gold medal.

In the 200 meters, Thomspon wants to beat her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce again. Namibian Christine Mboma is also a candidate for the win. Is Thompson the fastest woman of the moment? You will see it at 2:50 pm.

Will Pedri’s season ever end?

In the semifinals of the Olympic football tournament, host country Japan will compete against top favorite Spain. The young Spaniards are of course counting on Pedri.

At the beginning of August, the season is not yet over for the Barcelona midfielder. He played almost every minute with the Catalan top club and with Spain at the European Championship. Will he end the season with a final at the Games? Appointment at 2 p.m.

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