Русская версияThe gold medal was sweet revenge for what the Germans see as the
tragedy of Athens four years ago.
Hinrich Romeike on Marius, Ingrid Klimke on Abraxxas, Peter Thomsen
on The Ghost of Hamish, Andreas Dibowski on Butts Leon and Frank
Ostholt on Mr Medicott won their country's third gold of the
Beijing Olympics.
The win - their country's third team eventing gold after 1936 and
1988 - was seen as just deserts after the Germans had to forfeit
their gold medal at the last Olympics because of a technicality.
Then, rider Bettina Hoy -- unable to take part this time around
because of an injury to her horse -- had unwittingly twice gone
over the starting line.
The Germans' appeal against
disqualification and having the medal taken away was turned down by
the Court of Arbitration in Sport.
"It's most satisfying to get back what they took from us," national
team coach Hans Melzer said. "What happened in Athens gave us wings
for this achievement."
Tuesday's victory in Hong Kong left the Germans well-placed for a
further gold in the ensuing individual eventing jump-off, for which
two of their riders, Romeike ud Klimke, were starting in first and
second places on the basis of the earlier jumping.
Germany Scores First Olympic Golds in Kayaking, Judo
Earlier in the day, Ole Bischof won a surprise gold in the men's
81-kilogram judo final . Bischof took the lead over Asian champion
Kim Jae-bum with just over a minute remaining in the final and kept
on the attack until time ran out.
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Alexander Grimm won Germany's first gold medal at the Beijing
Olympics
Only hours earlier, Alexander Grimm, 21, navigated the difficult
upstream gates flawlessly to win the single kayak slalom
competition for Germany. Grimm won in a combined time of 171.70
seconds.
"I can't believe it, this is just an amazing feeling. It was my
dream since I was a small child," Grimm said after winning.
Germany did less well in other sports Tuesday. Hopes for a medal in
gymnastics were dashed after Germany's star gymnast, Sebastian
Hambüchen, unexpectedly lost his grip on the horizontal bar. That
left the men's team with a fourth place finish.
(Deutsche Welle)
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