Losing Olympic gold is painful: Far ahead of the opponent but the world champion is strangely mistaken

A tragic situation of losing a gold medal happened at the Winter Olympics because of the wrong way. The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing has been more than 10 days of competition and there have been many incidents related to doping, controversial results and other reasons. But there are also situations where there is no controversy at all, just funny accidents.

Losing Olympic gold is painful: Far ahead of the opponent but the world champion is strangely mistaken

Cross-country skiing is one of the highlights at the Winter Olympics and at this year’s Games, world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber is considered one of the biggest contenders for gold.

Riiber once finished 4th at the 2018 Olympics and won silver in the team event, and since then this Norwegian athlete has won 2 gold medals at the World Championships in 2019 & 2021.

Competing in the 10km/indivisual high-hill triathlon, Riiber seemed to have no rival in this event as he completed the 142m jump in the individual high-hill jump, thereby gaining an advantage. Start 44 seconds ahead of the nearest opponent.

But then Riiber suddenly realized that he had taken the wrong path, he could not remember the exact route inside the Kuyangshu winter sports center because he had to spend a period of time in isolation because of Covid-19.

Riiber realized his mistake and got back on track but it was too late, he only finished 8th in this content. Even more frustrated, Riiber’s mistake caused the Norwegian delegation to lose all 3 medals in this content, because two compatriots Jorgen Graabak and Jens Luras Oftebro both finished first and second.

In an interview after the race, Riiber admitted his mistake. “I feel like an idiot, that one mistake took me 30 seconds. I didn’t practice much before the competition because I felt sore for 2 days, I think many people will not be careful about the long-term consequences of Covid-19. It made me lose focus during pre-match preparations,” Riiber said.

Tsitsipas tennis video – Auger Aliassime: Sweet 9th, first title (Rotterdam Final)

Stefanos Tsitsipas is considered the “top door” of this match for understandable reasons, he is aiming for the first title in this 2022. Meanwhile, Felix Auger-Aliassime is in a very dark streak with 8 consecutive final losses and has never been crowned an ATP Tour tournament.

However, the Canadian tennis player showed a completely overwhelming face in this match. He broke the break in the first game, a game where Tsitsipas made a double error from the start and then returned the error at the decisive point when Auger-Aliassime sent the ball to the end of the field. In the rest of the first set, Tsitsipas could not find an opportunity to regain the break point, even nearly losing another break in game 5, so he had to accept a 4-6 loss.

Set 2 was even more jubilant for Auger-Aliassime, he not only broke first but also in the first game and it was a white game, a game where even Tsitsipas failed once but still lost because of his ability to react. good work of the opponent. Auger-Aliassime missed 2 break points in game 3, but in game 5 he had another break. Tsitsipas was by this point completely hopeless, and Auger-Aliassime ended the match with a blank set to tie the game 6-2 in the second set.

Winning the championship after a final that lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes, it was the first trophy of Auger-Aliassime’s career. Even so, he is still only 21 years old and has many cup opportunities ahead of him, and his record of reaching nine finals is impressive at this age.