German equestrian Isabelle Werth, 55, won her eighth gold medal at the Olympic Games.
On August 3, she won the team dressage as part of the German team. Werth won her first gold medal in the same discipline at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
In total, the German woman has eight gold and five silver medals. She is second only to five athletes in history in terms of the number of victories. American swimmers Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps, track and field athletes Carl Lewis from the USA and Paavo Nurmi from Finland, as well as Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina became nine-time Olympic champions.
The Olympic Games began on July 26, with competitions running through August 11. The opening ceremony took place on the Seine River. Russian athletes, who compete in the Summer Olympics as neutrals, did not attend the ceremony.
Following the start of Russia’s SVO in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and recommended that Federations not allow athletes from these countries to participate in international competitions. In December 2023, the IOC allowed athletes from Russia to participate in the 2024 Olympics, but only with neutral status and subject to a number of necessary conditions.
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Source: Gazeta
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