Spain won the silver medal in 3×3 basketball after losing to Germany 17-16 in the final

The Spanish women’s 3×3 basketball team lost to Germany in the final of the Paris Olympics on Monday (16-17), but the Spanish team won its ninth medal in this Olympics and its third silver medal so far.

It was the first medal for Spain in the urban sport, which is celebrating its second Olympic Games after the Tokyo Games, in which no Spanish men or women were represented.

The Spanish women’s 3×3 basketball team defeated the current champion United States 18-16 to qualify for the morning’s Olympic finals.

Despite the loss tonight, Vega Gimeno, Sandra Ygueravide, Gracia Alonso de Armiño and Juana Camilión, names that were unknown to the public until a few weeks ago, worked hard to become the four Spanish faces at these Olympics, winning the almost unbeatable silver medal that was expected at the start of the competition.

3×3 basketball is an urban sport born in the American communities of the 1950s, requiring intense physical training on a 15-meter wide court with a total playing time of 10 minutes (unless one of the teams reaches 21 points). It will once again be part of the Olympic trials in Los Angeles in 2028.

Reached men’s football final

In men’s football, thanks to goals from Fermin Lopez and Juanlu Sánchez, they beat Morocco 1-2 and reached the final. This will be the second time in a row that he will leave with silver, after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which he will try to exchange for gold in Paris on August 9 next year.

Spain won the medal again in a complicated match in Marseille, with Morocco showing great form and trailing at half-time after Rahimi converted a penalty in the 33rd minute. After the restart, head coach Santi Denia made three substitutions. Two of them were crucial.

Adrian Bernabe equalized for Spain with his energy. He entered the penalty area, fought hard under pressure from three Moroccan players, and finally passed the ball to Fermin, who equalized the score with his left foot in the 66th minute, scoring his fourth goal of this World Cup.

Newcomer Juanlu Sanchez replaced the out-of-form Diego Lopez to complete the comeback. Actively seeking the ball inside and outside, showing himself in the attack, it finally paid off. Excellent control from Sergio Gomez close to the right gave the Spanish attack an advantage. He found Fermin unmarked, Juanlu broke inside and crossed, beating Munir and completing the Spanish comeback on the way to Paris.

Women’s semi-final against Paris

This Tuesday, the girls from the soccer team will compete for a place in the final against Brazil, a team they beat in the group stage.

Given the importance of this debut final match, after losing time in the group stage against Brazil and scoring a penalty against Colombia in the quarter-final, the Spanish team spent half an hour in the morning working on psychological techniques. In the afternoon, as usual, training took place at the Stade Latre Tassigny in Marseille, with all the players on the pitch and Kata Kerr wearing the mask she had tested against Colombia.

Women’s coach Montese Tome assured that they will have a “super exciting game” in the semifinals this Tuesday and that she saw her team “closely knit and full of passion.”

Frustration in women’s hockey

The Spanish women’s hockey team said goodbye to the Paris Olympics on Monday after losing 0-2 to a strong Belgian team that dominated the game in the quarterfinals. Red Stick Competing for a medal at the Olympics again after 20 years, the Spanish team scored two goals in three minutes in the final quarter of the game, but they were eventually eliminated due to four failed corner kicks.

Russ Red Stick They collided in this way again at the wall at the first intersection, just as they had in Rio and Tokyo, matches in which they went into the final quarter level with their opponents and in which the Belgians took advantage of their options.

Canoeing, taekwondo and beach volleyball, looking for medals

With more than half of the competitions completed, the 2024 Paris Olympics are entering their final week, where everything will be decided and where the ceiling of the Spanish team will be known. This Tuesday, the canoeing competition begins, one of the great assets of Biting Metal, where the Spanish team has a strong team, such as the K-4 500 team of Saúl Craviotto, Marcus Cooper, Rodrigo Germade and Carlos Arévalo, silver medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Teresa Portela, Estefania Fernández, Sara Ozande and Carolina García.

In addition, in the national canoeing competition there are hopes for the C-2 500 of Antía Jácome and María Corbera in the C-1 200 and two men in the K-2 500 of Adrián del Río and Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade and Carlos Arevalo.

There is also the Taekwondo event led by Adriana Cerezo, while in athletics Jordan Díaz is a favorite for the podium in the mixed foot relay and triple jump, as are Nora Brugman and Jordi Xammar in the mixed sailing 470. Artistic swimming and rhythmic gymnastics are also medal candidates.

Likewise, historic beach volleyball will see a historic moment as a pair of Spanish women will play in their first quarterfinal, a milestone achieved by Tania Moreno and Daniela Alvarez in their first Olympics, while veteran pair Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira will also battle for a place in the semifinals.