Русская версияGermany's Lena Schoeneborn on Friday won the women's modern
pentathlon at the Beijing Olympics after setting an Olympic record
in the fencing portion.
Schoneborn took the gold with 5,792 points,
beating Briton Heather Fell by 40 points.
The modern pentathlon consists of five different disciplines -
shooting, fencing, swimming, riding and running. Schoeneborn was
particularly outstanding in the fencing, where she won 28 out of
her 35 bouts to a total of 1,072 points.
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Schoeneborn's fencing gave her a 19 second lead
Going into the final run, where athletes start according to their
points position, the German had a 19 second lead on Fell and
although the Briton managed to make up some ground, she could not
catch the 22-year-old.
"The fencing was the foundation. During the run I had good speed
and a good lead. I knew that I was going to win a medal, but I also
knew that the ones chasing me where very good," Schoeneborn said.
Gold on the water
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Germany's Ihle, left, and Hollstein also took home gold
The other two gold medals taken home by German athletes were won on
the water. The German four of Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt,
Katrin Wagner-Augustin and Conny Wasmuth clinched the women's K4
over 500 meters. It was the fourth Olympic gold medal for
Wagner-Augustin, who won gold in Athens in the K4 and in the K2 and
K4 in Sydney, while Fischer followed a family tradition, as her
mother Sarina Huelsenbeck won two gold medals at the 1980 Olympic
Games in Moscow as part of the East German swimming relay team.
"We won easily, that was just incredible," said Wagner-Augustin,
while Wasmuth, who got a chance to compete in place of Carolin
Leonhardt, who had to withdraw ill, said that she could not believe
it.
The Germans won in a time of 1:32.231, beating Hungary by 0.740
seconds.
Germany added a second gold as Andreas Ihle and Martin Hollstein
won the K2, beating Kim Wraae Knudsen and Rene Holten Poulsen from
Denmark.
The stress of winning silver
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Wylenzek, rear, fainted and was taken to hospital
Olympic canoeist Thomasz Wylenzek fainted after winning the silver
medal with his German partner in the 1,000-meter canoe double race
and is being treated for dehydration at hospital. Wylenzek is
listed in stable condition Friday. International Canoe Federation
spokesman Dave Macleod says he has been given intravenous fluids.
Wylenzek's partner, Christian Gille, says his teammate fainted
because of the heat. The pair led almost the entire way until
Belarus edged their canoe by a nose and they settled for silver in
3 minutes, 36.588 seconds.
German rowers also walked away with a bronze medal today when the
foursome of Lutz Altepost, Norman Brockl, Torsten Eckbrett and
Bjorn Goldschmidt came in third in the men's 1,000-meter kayak
four.
(Deutsche Welle)
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