Hassan's first strike - two golden for Germany - Pudenz defies the rain - Olympic Games
Beach volleyball: Thole / winder in the quarterfinals The Beach Volleyball Vice World Champion Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler stand in their first Olympics in the quarterfinals. The duo from Hamburg won his eighth final against the Americans Jacob Gibb and Tri Bourne on Monday evening (local time) 2: 1 (17:21, 21:15, 15:11). In the round of the best four, on Wednesday (15.00 o'clock / mesz), a new edition of the World Cup final of two years ago in Hamburg, when Thole / Wickler were inferior to the Russian Wyacheslaw Krasilnikow and Oleg Stojanowski just under 1: 2. Even Olympic champion Laura Ludwig and their partner Margareta Kozuch are under the best eight in Tokyo. +++ Athletics: Hassan celebrates first gold +++ The Dutch runner Sifan Hassan won gold over 5,000 meters. The 28-year-old sat down in 14: 36.79 minutes before the Kenyan world champion Hellen Obiri (14: 38.36), bronze went to the Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay (14: 38.87). Thus, the first of its three targeted triumphen ...