Paris. Olympia ends, last day in Paris. The handball players secured silver and dream of winning gold. What’s still happening. All the information.
German handballers have already secured silver, now it could come to an end Olympic Games (July 26-Aug. 11) in Paris, yielding the first gold in 44 years. A track sprinter also has a good chance of winning a medal. A total of 13 more decisions will be made before the Olympic flame is extinguished at the closing ceremony at the Stade de France in the evening.
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2024 Paris Olympics: Where German medals could be today
Track cycling sprinter Lea Sophie Friedrich has a good chance of winning her second medal in Paris after her bronze in the team sprint. In qualifying, the woman from Cottbus set a world record of 10.029 seconds in the 200-meter sprint. Starts at 1:15 p.m.
The German handball players are back among the best in the world. They have already secured silver, but could win in the final in Lille against world champions Denmark from 1:30 p.m. If the DHB team of Andreas Wolff and Renars Uscins, who have excelled in recent games, triumph, it would be the first all-German Olympic victory. The last time the former GDR won gold was in 1980. Spain and Slovenia will play for third place at the same venue from 9 a.m.
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The men around the excellent Stephen Curry and LeBron James have already achieved – Gold for the US basketball players. However, the Americans are achieving a unique triumph today. After an easy 85:64 against Australia in the semi-finals, the eighth consecutive Olympic gold awaits France at 3:30 p.m. – something that has never happened before, even for the men.
Things could be tough in water polo today: in this year’s men’s final, from 2 p.m., defending champions Serbia will face Croatia (2 p.m.). Before that, the Hungarians will be aiming to repeat their bronze medal win in Tokyo in the third-place match (10:35 a.m.) against the USA. The last time Germany qualified a water polo team for the Olympic Games was in 2008.
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The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games begins at 9 p.m. in front of more than 60,000 spectators at the Stade de France. The bar has been set high for the ceremony after the grand opening ceremony along the Seine, but the organizers have also had plenty of ideas for the grand finale. American actor Tom Cruise, among others, is said to be causing controversy with his stunts. The German flag is carried by triathlete Laura Lindemann and canoeist Max Rendschmidt, who won gold.
2024 Paris Olympics: Which TV channel is broadcasting it today?
Eurosport will broadcast from Paris every day from 7am. The 14th day of competition at the Olympics will also be broadcast on ZDF.
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