Russian Athletes Helps "Meldonium in Hearts"

Winning the bronze medal Russians epee fencer told the secret of success

Another Olympic day brought two bronze medals in the treasury of the Russian national team. Distinguished Quartet epee and sports gymnast Aliya Mustafina. Now, on account of our team 17 medals.

The gymnasts competed in the individual all-around. Strongest representative of the Russian national team Aliya Mustafina scored 58.665 points in the final. This result brought her the bronze. The winner of the competition was the American Simone Biles (62.198). Silver her compatriot Alexandra Reisman (60.098). The second representative of our team Seda Toutkhalian failed performance and with the result of 54.665 points ranked 22-th place. For such low estimates resulted in an error when dismount after exercise on the balance beam.

President of the Federation of Artistic Gymnastics of Russia Vasily Titov praised Mustafina for a medal, which became her second at current games (previously, she won silver in the team all-around). "Olympic medal -. Always a wonderful event. Any medal. When a timber will not fall, then the fight will be (for gold) Girls fellows did what they could if the first two rounds -.. Vault and bars - we are strong, then over freestyle and a log to work, "- said Titov.

Russia's second success was the third women's fencing team. In the individual competition, all four of our epee fencer lost on 1/16 stage. Command medal was the compensation for this failure. The most dramatic match on the way to the award was the quarter-finals against France. In the course of the meeting the Russians conceded six shots, with great difficulty caught up with rivals in the last match of their doge - 44:41. The semifinal match against Romania, the Russian team lost no options - 31:45. However, in the match for third place Violetta Kolobov, Lubov Shutova, Logunova Tatiana and Olga Kochneva managed to meet and beat the Estonians - 37:31. Excel in this type of program Romanians, it became the second Chinese team.

On the emotions after the "bronze" final Violetta Kolobova said a phrase that has the potential to become winged: "After the individual competitions of some of the journalists, hi-pass him, said we did not have Meldonium (Mildronate) - so we lost. Now I want to say that there is Meldonium in our hearts, and no one will ever, none of the doping control will find it. "

The game kinds of Russian Olympians showed themselves on the positive side. Women's water polo team recovered from the crushing defeat of the Australians (4:14) and defeated the team of the hosts of the tournament. Brazilian water polo players for the first time take part in the Olympics and are considered the weakest opponents. Victory over them with a score of 14: 7, slightly improved prospects for the Russian team tournament, but compelling game our girls again showed.

As it became known on August 11 did not avoid the sad fate of the representative of the Russian team. Head Swimming Federation of Moscow, silver medalist of the London Olympics Yevgeny Korotyshkin the Instagram said in his, that he was attacked by two armed robbers in the area of the famous Ipanema Beach. "I hasten to inform you that all is well with me I Parted amicably them all out of the pockets in exchange for an exciting story for posterity is not expensive, but exciting....", - Wrote the ex-athlete.

Alas, at the Games in Rio it continues not only to a series of criminal incidents, and a series of terrible injuries. At this time, serious damage was Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan. In the weight category up to 77 kilograms, he was considered one of the favorites. When you push weightlifter failed to cope with the 195-pound barbell and his arm twisted at an unnatural angle. An athlete with a cry and dropped the shell, accompanied by doctors left the dais. The nature of the damage is not reported. Earlier, serious injury to the Olympic tournament received a French gymnast Samir Ait Said, broke his leg, and Dutch cyclist Annemiek van will fly, which is a fall on the road broke a rib and spine.

In the medal standings Russians lag from the leaders every day increases. At the same time in Rio have not yet started athletics competitions in which our athletes for obvious reasons to act (with one exception) can not. To date, the Russian national team is ranked seventh with 17 awards (four gold, seven silver and six bronze). The leaders are the Americans (13/12/10), in second place - team of China (07.09.10), the third - the Japanese (01.06.12). Between them and the Russians penetrated Team Australia, South Korea and Hungary.