In the B finals of the men’s doubles competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Pétervári-Molnár Bendegúz finished fourth, that is, in tenth place overall, the gold medal went to the neck of Greek Stefan Doszkos.
| Petervary-Molnar Bendigos took 10th place overall (Photo: Hedi Tombach) |
Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár started the final well B, after the 500m he was third behind Oliver Zeidler of Germany and Alberto Di Mauro of Italy, but fell back to fifth in the vault.
He was able to improve in the second half of the distance and eventually finished in 4th place, taking 10th overall in the Olympics.
Surprisingly, the race was won by Greek Stefan Dusk, who won his country’s first gold medal in Tokyo. For the women, New Zealander Emma Twigg won by the same number. The Canadian eight had a Canadian success and that of the New Zealand men’s team.
Rowing
couple for men
1. Stefanos Dusk (Greece) 6:40.45 min
2. Kjetil Borch (Norway) +1.21 mp
3. Damir Martin (Croatia) +2.13
4. Sverri Nielsen (Dánia) +2.28
5. Alexander Vyazovkin (Russian team) +8.64
6. Mindogas Grisconis (Lithuania) +17.15
b- final
1. Oliver Seidler (Germany) 6:44.44 min
2 – Alberto Di Mauro (Italy) +2.94
3. Trevor Jones (Canada) +4.07
4. Pétervári-Molnár Bendegúz (Hungary) +6.01
5. Arakava Juta (Japan) + 6.47
6. Luca Vertin (Brazil) + 7.65
women couple
1. Emma Twigg (New Zealand) 7: 13.97 min
2. Hanna Prakasin (Russian national team) +3.42 seconds
3. Magdalena Lubbenig (Austria) +5.75
4. Victoria Thornley (Great Britain) +6.42.42
5. Genen camelin (Switzerland) +6.94
6. Yan Jiang (China) +7.36
eight women
1. Canada 5:59.13 min
2. New Zealand +0.91sec
3. China +2.08
4. United States +3.65
5. Australia +4.79.2007
6. Romania +4.93.2007
eight men
1. New Zealand 5:24.64 minutes
2. Germany +0.96 sec
3. Great Britain +1.09
4. United States +2.11
5. Netherlands +3.32
6. Australia +11.59.59.40
