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Kauli Vaast wins Olympic surfing gold by beating Jack Robinson in the final

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The French Kauli Vaast crowned king of surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswhich took place on Teahupo’o Beach in Tahiti, after winning the gold medal on Monday after beating Australian Jack Robinson in the final. Vaast, born in Vairao, Tahiti, finished his work with 17.67 points and in his first attempt he achieved his best wave of 9.50, which left him as a clear winner over Robinson, who won the silver medal with a score of 7.83.

Vaast, who before entering the Olympics had as his ultimate ambition to be one of the best surfers in the world, went from less to more, and in that rise in level he left behind surfers of the stature of the American Griffin Colapinto and his compatriot Joan Duru. The Frenchman had a long road to gold, having to compete in all the days of the competition, but He saved the best for last, with this 17.67 points (8.50+8.17) being his best performance in the competition..

Vaast, on his quest for gold, suffered a meniscus injury in his left knee in April 2023, but his recovery was quick and he returned to compete in May 2023 at the Surf Ranch Pro in Moore, California. The 22-year-old joins Brazilian Ítalo Ferreira, winner of gold in Tokyo, as historic winners of Olympic surfing gold, which in Paris 2024 completes its second appearance in this competition that brought together the best surfers in the world.

For his part, the Brazilian Gabriel Medina won the bronze in the surfing of the Paris Olympicswhich took place on Teahupo’o Beach, Tahiti, after to beat the Peruvian Alonso CorreaMedina took bronze, the 12th medal for the Brazilian delegation at these Games, after obtaining 15.54 points, achieving his best wave of 7.77 on his fifth attempt, which left him as a clear winner over Correa, who finished with a score of 12.43 (6.83+5.60).

The Brazilian, who was one of the favourites to fight for gold, did not fare well in the semi-finals, where he fell against Australian Jack Robinson, but in the fight for bronze the sea was more benevolent with the South American, achieving his first medal at the Olympic Games. In Tokyo 2020, where his compatriot Ítalo Ferreira took gold, Medina finished in fourth place. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Medina, 30, who took a break from sport in 2022 for mental health reasons following the breakup of her marriage, at these Olympic Games He leaves the best score in surfing, with a 9.90, achieved in the third roundwhere he faced the Japanese Reo Inaba.

Correa, who said before the competition that he was happy to be on this beach in Teahupo’o and to show everything he can do in the water, had a great debut in his Olympic competitions. The Peruvian fell in the semifinals against the local Kauli Vaast. Correa, who did not have such a long preparation for the Olympic trials, had his best performance in the third round, in the clash against the South African Jordy Smith, with a final score of 15.00.

2024-08-06 00:29:21
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Slagelse Badminton Club – Archysport

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Slagelse 2 – Køge

09-10-2024

Slagelse 2 – Køge 1

Now it was time for Slagelse 2 to play against a Køge team, which had done very well in their first two team matches. We therefore knew it would be a difficult team match.

1. mix with Rasmus and Sofie have started to find each other after 2 matches together, and are playing a close match where the match could have gone to both sides. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a three-set defeat.

2nd mix with Jonathan and Line plays as close a match as 1st mix. But despite hard work and good fighting spirit, they have to see themselves beaten in a close three-set.

Caroline in the 1st women’s singles meets a good opponent and really has to fight for it. The first set is lost fairly clearly, but the second set is fought for and becomes somewhat more even, but unfortunately has to see itself beaten in two sets.

In the 2nd women’s singles, Isabella also meets a good opponent and also fights well to keep up, unfortunately not enough and has to see herself beaten in two sets.

Jeppe Thun in the 1st men’s single had come up with a task to test his fitness. The first set ends in a tiebreaker, which unfortunately goes the opponent’s way and the second set lacks the last few forces to be able to come through. The match is lost in two sets.

2nd men’s singles with Jeppe Løjborg in the jersey plays an incredibly close match and is a match that drags on so both players are under pressure. The match can go either way, but unfortunately for the opponent, defeat in three sets. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

In the 3rd men’s singles, Bo never really gets into the match in the first set. In the second set there is movement and the game but does not have the final margins, and thus loses the second set 20-22.

In the 4th men’s singles, it will be a young showdown where Tobias gets off to a good start but must quickly realize that the match will be very difficult. The outcome of the match will be defeat in 2 sets and minor damage to the back.

1. DD struggles for periods of the match and never really comes together. Super unfortunate as the girls put in a good effort. The match is lost in two sets.

2. DD is somewhat the same story and meets a good opponent, they try but must feel it is not enough, defeat in two sets.

1. HD plays a really good match and quickly gets a handle on how to play, this results in the first win of the match in two sets.

2. HD does the same and gets control of the game, plays well and this ends with a two set win.

3. HD plays a close match and plays well, unfortunately the opponents also play well and this unfortunately ends with a very small defeat in two sets.

The team match ends 11-2 to Køge, who had a very good team with them to Vestsjælland this time. Unfortunately, we just need to win the close matches – but we have agreed that we will do that next time.

Player of the match was Jeppe Thun.

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Aaron Rodgers washes his hands of accusations over Robert Saleh’s firing

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Los New York Jets They made the first head coaching change of the 2024 NFL season by firing Robert Saleh and naming Jeff Ulbrich as interim. Multiple reports They pointed out that quarterback Aaron Rodgers complained about the relationship with the coach and that led to his dismissal of his position in the New York organization.

However, Rodgers showed up at the Pat McAfee Show for 40 minutes to clear his name from the accusations and He assured that reports that he had anything to do with Saleh’s dismissal are completely false.

“I love coach Saleh, we have a solid relationship. “He was one of the main reasons I came to the Jets,” explained the four-time MVP. “As for the ridiculous accusations that are circulating out there, I am not going to spend more than one sentence answering them, and that is: I am offended by any of these accusations because they are patently false.. It’s interesting how much power people think I have, and I don’t.”

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Rodgers only played six games under Saleh due to the ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered at the start of the 2023 season. Now, Ulbrich will become his sixth head coach.

The first was Mike Shermanwho was the head coach of the Packers in his rookie year. The second was Mike McCarthywith whom he spent 12 seasons, two of them still as Brett Favre’s backup. The last year of the now head coach of the Cowboys ended unexpectedly and Joe Philbin He had to act as interim. Rodgers’ final years at Lambeau Field included Matt LaFleur a su head coach.

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Lakshya Sen, Kiran George advance to pre-quarters

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Indian men’s singles shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kiran George, on Wednesday, advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the 2024 Arctic Open Super 500 in Vantaa, Finland.

Sen, who was marking his return two months after a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was given a walkover to the second round. His opponent Rasmus Gemke of Denmark pulled out of the contest at the last minute, handing the Indian a spot in the Round of 16.

Kiran, meanwhile, beat Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei 23-21, 21-18 in straight games to earn his spot in the pre-quarters.

The 25-year-old Kiran overcame a stiff challenge against the world No 25 in a contest which lasted 53 minutes. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The Indian shuttler did not have the best of starts, trailing 2-7 but fought to level up at 15-15. He took a 19-16 lead before Wang neutralised it and threatened to run away with the opening game. Kiran, however, maintained his composure under pressure to win it 23-21.

Kiran once again came down from an early 4-9 deficit in the second game to equalise at 13-13. There were no last moment hiccups this time around as he took the second game 21-18 and send the higher ranked shuttler packing.

Kiran will next take on the reigning Asian Champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the Round of 16, while Sen will be up against Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen.

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