309 Summer Vexgames - Day 7

The 29th of October, 309, was Day 7 of the 309 Summer Vexgames. This day had disputes on the 400m dash, super-flyweight boxing, heavyweight judo and 10m air pistol shooting, plus more rounds on the male basketball, football and female handball tournments.

Athletics - 400m (male)

The men's 400m event will count with 50 participants, and is rumored to be one of the most evenly-disputed competitions on the games up until now. Even though runners from Niokolo Koba and St. Samuel are still the top favourites for the gold medal, they will have to face the strong competition from high-level athletes from nations as diverse as Aethelnia, Chungxipang, Kansinia, Porto Capital and Utania.

For the first round, the athletes were divided in six heats, with the top two on each, plus the four best third-placed overall, being qualified to the two semifinal runs.

FIRST ROUND

Heat 01
1. Ibra Tambacounda  (NKO)	—	43.54 Q
2. Tirano Vesto      (LEN)	—	44.37 Q
3. Marco Assel       (WES)	—	44.41 Q
4. Osrick Fortinbras (AET)	—	44.59
5. Ivan Tupolev      (BOB)	—	44.77
6. Ivan Koshkodai    (ROV)	—	44.82
7. Timothy Kemp      (UTA)	—	44.86
8. Antônio Lirobói   (PCL)	—	44.96
9. Guida Bertinelli  (STS)     -       45.02

Heat 02 
1. Kyle Motu         (UTA)	—	44.39 Q 
2. Mars Kolda        (NKO)	—	44.39 Q
3. Franz Stellauer   (WES)	—	44.59
4. Said el'Mektouhn  (PCL)	—	44.63
5. Zorando Ulvare    (LEN)	—	44.71
6. Danny Uegata      (CXG)	—	44.79
7. Mario Shakin      (KAN)	—	44.79
8. Amita Marini      (STS)	—	45.99
9. Dimitri Polonovsk (ROV)     -       46.15

Heat 03
1. Theirtes Drambuie (AET)	—	44.43 Q
2. Gianina Castelli  (STS)	—	44.46 Q
3. Ben Jorge         (PCL)	—	44.82
4. Lou Kaolack       (NKO)	—	44.87
5. Carlos M. Pretzel (DEU)	—	44.94
6. Lorenso Tanro     (LEN)	—	45.97
7. Malcolm Kopara    (UTA)	—	46.78
8. Andrei Gordansk   (ROV)	—	46.85

Heat 04
1. Romeo Tesoriero   (STS)	—	44.40 Q 
2. Louis Louga       (NKO)	—	44.41 Q
3. Paulo Hapito      (KAN)	—	44.45 Q
4. Kolaranis         (TRI)	—	44.51
5. Egon Sachs        (SAN)	—	44.71
6. Ali Haloob        (DJR)	—	44.75
7. Baltazaro Alvaro  (LEN)	—	44.94
8. Gordon Roberts    (UTA)	—	46.91

Heat 05
1. Sergei Clyde      (UTA)	—	44.42 Q
2. Caprice Albertini (STS)	—	44.43 Q
3. Telorur           (TRI)	—	44.56 Q
4. Fox Cassini       (IWK)	—	44.74
5. Taklor Ceea       (LYS)	—	44.75
6. Fips Ronnack      (SCK)	—	44.76
7. Ricardo Malduro   (LEN)	—	44.77 
8. Laertes Anemone   (AET)	—	45.92

Heat 06
1. Bernd Mack        (OOO)	—	44.27 Q
2. Stoiko Elan       (KYS)	—	44.46 Q
3. Ulek G'Ningnarl   (KON)	—	44.49 Q
4. Techopetl Tlizoca (XML)	—	44.82
5. Rene Ixibelli     (WES)	—	44.86
6. Gurislav Vaboska  (ROV)	—	44.87
7. Reginald Moore    (LYS)	—	45.80
8. Kirat Etrauša     (SCW)	—	45.85

Among the qualified, we had the expected favourites, such as Ibra Tambacounda, Louis Louga and Mars Kolda, from Niokolo Koba, Sergei Clyde from Utania, and Caprice Albertini and Romeo Tesoriero, from St. Samuel; but also surprises like Westria's Marco Assel, Theirtes Drambuie from Aethelnia, Bernd Mack from Oost-Otago and Ulek G'Ningnarl, from the Kongren Republic.

The sixteen remaining runners were qualified to the two semifinals, with the top four on each proceeding to the final race.

SEMIFINALS

Heat 01
1. Ibra Tambacounda  (NKO)	—	44.31 Q 
2. Mars Kolda        (NKO)	—	44.50 Q
3. Marco Assel       (WES)	—	44.60 Q
4. Theirtes Drambuie (AET)	—	44.69 Q
5. Kyle Motu         (UTA)	—	44.82
6. Tirano Vesto      (LEN)	—	44.94
7. Gianina Castelli  (STS)	—	45.88
8. Telorur           (TRI)	—	46.89

Heat 02
1. Romeo Tesoriero   (STS)	—	44.33 Q
2. Paulo Hapito      (KAN)	—	44.44 Q
3. Bernd Mack        (OOO)	—	44.49 Q
4. Louis Louga       (NKO)	—	44.58 Q
5. Ulek G'Ningnarl   (KON)	—	44.78
6. Caprice Albertini (STS)	—	44.84
7. Stoiko Elan       (KYS)	—	44.87
8. Sergei Clyde      (UTA)	—	44.92

FINAL
1. Romeo Tesoriero   (STS)	—	43.64 ***** GOLD
2. Louis Louga       (NKO)	—	44.38 ***** SILVER
3. Marco Assel       (WES)	—	44.39 ***** BRONZE
4. Ibra Tambacounda  (NKO)	—	44.57
5. Paulo Hapito      (KAN)	—	44.64
6. Mars Kolda        (NKO)	—	44.66
7. Theirtes Drambuie (AET)	—	44.74
8. Bernd Mack        (OOO)	—	45.81

On the final heat, Samuelonian favourite Romeo Tesoriero grabbed the gold as he crossed the mark with a 43"64 mark, much ahead of Louis Louga, from Niokolo Koba. The surprise from Westria, Marco Assel, followed with the bronze.

Athletics - 400m (female)

As the boys cleared the track at the Albalonga Stadium, the 46 female athletes from 22 nations lined up for the women's event. As on the previous event, athletes from St. Samuel and Niokolo Koba are the favourites, but are expected to face fierce opposition from Chungxipang, Lendosa, Utania, Lysonia and Solanchatka.

The runners were first divided in six heats for the first phase. The top two on each, plus the four best third-placed overall, were qualified to the two semifinal runs.

FIRST ROUND

Heat 01
1. Fatou Diourbel         (NKO)	—	48.27 Q
2. Hasmine Venn           (LYS)	—	48.44 Q
3. Cammie St. Clair       (STS)	—	48.63 Q
4. Fiona Johnston         (UTA)	—	48.73
5. Xula Xarada            (PCL)	—	48.75
6. Yelena Zbraslav        (ROV)	—	48.82
7. Jana Molotof           (BOB)	—	48.91
8. Evangelina Candlelabra (AET)	—	50.87
 
Heat 02
1. Tia Contreras          (STS)	—	48.47 Q
2. Barah Fatima           (DJR)	—	48.69 Q
3. Hela Omyra             (LYS)	—	48.74
4. Yelena Fiveia          (ROV)	—	48.77
5. Tati Paco              (PCL)	—	48.97 
6. Stephanie Areopatre    (UTA)	—	49.72
7. Ella Ochmeck           (KAL)	—	49.84
8. Lina Sanalack          (NKO)	—	50.86

Heat 03
1. Rachel Gorsch          (UTA)	—	48.51 Q
2. Aethelboda Anemone     (AET)	—	48.53 Q
3. Kita Kushum            (NKO)	—	48.70 Q
4. Colette Laroque        (STS)	—	48.74
5. Dolores Windt          (SCK)	—	48.92
6. Si'a'i Koru'u          (MIM)	—	48.97
7. Yrma Zelda             (IWK)	—	49.77
8. Joana al'Lalah         (PCL)	—	49.92

Heat 04
1. Reinara Derora         (LEN)	—	47.90 Q
2. Pamina Gösser          (SCK)	—	48.62 Q
3. Xena Wattapan          (NKO)	—	48.66 Q
4. Mercedes Stramm        (RAS)	—	48.69
5. Stephanie Artos        (UTA)	—	48.72
6. Ilonka Kidze           (KYS)	—	48.72
7. Roberta Cartivo        (KAN)	—	48.75
8. Nadine Beaumont        (STS)	—	48.80 

Heat 05
1. Kikie Ðæbae            (SCW)	—	48.38 Q
2. Viktoria Yakobs        (OOO)	—	48.39 Q
3. Darelien               (TRI)	—	48.76
4. Alexandra Bogdanov     (ROV)	—	48.91
5. Rose Providence        (AET)	—	48.96
6. Julia Sivana           (LEN)	—	48.97
7. Bianca Attene          (STS)	—	50.73

Heat 06
1. Ines Kikiva            (CXG)	—	47.62 Q
2. Stephanie Edgemont     (ROV)	—	47.68 Q
3. Bettina Perkins        (UTA)	—	48.53 Q
4. Calina Santiago        (KAN)	—	48.78
5. Diurae Cemazi          (SCW)	—	48.89
6. Annastasia Hänsell     (SAN)	—	48.91
7. Lucia Secanta          (LEN)	—	49.79

Top favourites Fatou Diourbel from Niokolo Koba, Cammie St. Clair and Tia Contreras from St. Samuel, Ines Kikiva from Chungxipang, Kikie Ðæbae from Shalia, Hasmine Venn from the Lyson Empire and Bettina Perkins from Utania all qualified, as well as surprises Barah Fatima from Djeriga and Utanian Rachel Gorsch.

The sixteen remaining runners were qualified to the two very balanced semifinals, with the top four on each proceeding to the final race.

SEMIFINALS

Heat 01
1. Stephanie Edgemont     (ROV)	—	47.69 Q
2. Fatou Diourbel         (NKO)	—	48.22 Q
3. Cammie St. Clair       (STS)	—	48.31 Q
4. Viktoria Yakobs        (OOO)	—	48.71 Q
5. Aethelboda Anemone     (AET)	—	48.71
6. Xena Wattapan          (NKO)	—	48.98
7. Reinara Derora         (LEN)	—	49.97
8. Barah Fatima           (DJR)	—	50.80

Heat 02
1. Tia Contreras          (STS)	—	48.20 Q
2. Pamina Gösser          (SCK)	—	48.35 Q
3. Ines Kikiva            (CXG)	—	48.38 Q
4. Hasmine Venn           (LYS)	—	48.43 Q
5. Kikie Ðæbae            (SCW)	—	48.52
6. Rachel Gorsch          (UTA)	—	48.55
7. Bettina Perkins        (UTA)	—	48.58
8. Kita Kushum            (NKO)	—	48.76

FINAL
1. Ines Kikiva            (CXG)	—	47.87 ***** GOLD
2. Hasmine Venn           (LYS)	—	48.40 ***** SILVER
3. Cammie St. Clair       (STS)	—	48.54 ***** BRONZE
4. Pamina Gösser          (SCK)	—	48.57
5. Tia Contreras          (STS)	—	48.61
6. Fatou Diourbel         (NKO)	—	48.68
7. Stephanie Edgemont     (ROV)	—	48.70 
8. Viktoria Yakobs        (OOO)	—	48.94

After very balanced heats, Ines Kikiva from Chungxipang grabbed the gold, with Hasmine Venn getting the Silver, the first medal for the Lyson Empire on the games so far. And, 14 hundreds of a second behind, St. Samuel's Cammie St. Clair won a bronze - one more medal for her collection, but no gold so far.

Boxing - Super Flyweight

The super flyweight tournemnt started at 14:00, with the 16 boxers being arranged on a simple playoff system. Baba M'Kete, from Niokolo Koba, and Duke Ortega, from St. Samuel, are strong contenders for the gold medal, as is Kusho Céusín, from the Shaelic Commonwealth. Nikolay Severian, from Kasvria & Savarai, is also a candidate for the silver or bronze.

FIRST ROUND
Bout 1-1
LOM Alois Sigma 
NKO Frederic Xumbewe       Q (KO, 2nd Round)

Bout 1-2
CXG Danny Uewaka 
DEU Horst Vasquez          Q (KO, 3rd Round)

Bout 1-3
DJR Salem Wallah   
STS Duke Ortega            Q (KO, 1st Round)

Bout 1-4
KAN Tite Regis 
KYS Nikolay Severian       Q (KO, 4th Round)

Bout 1-5
AET Andros Boarhound  
NKO Baba M'Kete            Q (decision)

Bout 1-6
BOB Pat Gharroush 
OOO Larson Wimmel          Q (1st Round)

Bout 1-7
PCL Tite Regis  
SCW Kusho Céusín           Q (1st Round)

Bout 1-8
IWK Renson Juligartian     Q (4th Round)
STS Lucius Melendez 

QUARTERFINALS
Bout 2-1
NKO Frederic Xumbewe 
DEU Horst Vasquez          Q (KO, 1st Round)

Bout 2-2
STS Duke Ortega  
KYS Nikolay Severian       Q (KO, 4th Round)

Bout 2-3
NKO Baba M'Kete            Q (decision)
OOO Larson Wimmel  

Bout 2-4
SCW Kusho Céusín           Q (KO, 1st Round)
IWK Renson Juligartian 

SEMIFINALS
Bout 3-1
DEU Horst Vasquez 
KYS Nikolay Severian       Q (KO, 3rd Round)

Bout 3-2
NKO Baba M'Kete 
SCW Kusho Céusín           Q (KO, 4th Round)

THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF
DEU Horst Vasquez 
NKO Baba M'Kete            ***** BRONZE (Decision)

FINAL
KYS Nikolay Severian       ***** SILVER
SCW Kusho Céusín           ***** GOLD (KO, 4th Round)

Kusho Céusín managed to give Shaelia her first gold, by defeating Nikolay Severian (who himself had beaten strong favourite Duke Ortega from St. Samuel on the quarterfinals) on a dramatic fight. Baba M'Kete, from Niokolo Koba, got the bronze.

Judo - Heavyweight

At 15:00, while the boxing event was taking place a few hundred meters away, a secondary gymnasium at Forte Valca was hosting the first judo tournment, with 20 fighters from 15 countries. Traditiona Judo nation Chungxipang is expected to win both gold and silver, but will face tough competition from Deuco Jose Luiz Porsche, Alek Avidze from Kasvria & Savarai and Samuelonian Marco Mariñelarena.

First, the bottom eight fighters according to international rankings were placed on a qualifying phase, with the winner on each fight proceeding to the regular playoff tournment.

QUALIFYING ROUND
LYS Granith Kahn         Q (2-0)
AET Adamo Czartoryski 

KAN Davidos Martou   
OOO Dieter Dell          Q (2-0)

BOB Al Rose 
SCW Niyisa Tiðolas       Q (2-1)

PCL Nobi Loki 
UTA Alex Clyde           Q (3-0)

SECOND PHASE
CXG Rick Jumanji         Q (1-0) 
SCW Niyisa Tiðolas
 
WES Mike Russrat         Q (4-0)
PCL Aldo Rabelón 

KYS Alek Avidze          Q (3-1)
LYS Granith Kahn 

DEU Jose Luiz Porsche    Q (1-0)
AET Maxim d'Espard 

UTA Carum Langley
ROV Mikhail Vaboska      Q (1-0)

SCK Franz Hooff 
STS Fonza Evangelisti    Q (2-1)

CXG Mac Sawara           Q (3-0)
UTA Alex Clyde 
 
STS Marco Mariñelarena   Q (2-1)
OOO Dieter Dell 

QUARTERFINALS
CXG Rick Jumanji  
WES Mike Russrat         Q (2-0)

KYS Alek Avidze          Q (2-1)
DEU Jose Luiz Porsche 

ROV Mikhail Vaboska      Q (1-0)
STS Fonza Evangelisti 

CXG Mac Sawara 
STS Marco Mariñelarena   Q (1-0)

At this point, what seemed impossible happened: Both Chungxipang fighters were eliminated. Westria's Mike Russrat emerges as a surprise favourite.

SEMIFINALS
WES Mike Russrat         Q (2-0)
DEU Jose Luiz Porsche  

ROV Mikhail Vaboska 
STS Marco Mariñelarena   Q (2-0)

THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF
DEU Jose Luiz Porsche 
ROV Mikhail Vaboska      Q (2-0)           ***** BRONZE

FINAL
WES Mike Russrat                           ***** SILVER
STS Marco Mariñelarena   W (1-1, decision) ***** GOLD

The first judo event had surprising results, as traditional judo power Chungxipang didn't get any medal at all. On the third place playoff, Rovenian Mikhal Vaboska prevailed over Deucoland's José Luiz Porsche. On the final bout, Marco Mariñelarena, from St. Samuel, won by referee's decision over Westrian Mike Russrat.

Shooting - 10m air pistol

This was a busy day at Forte Valca, as the first shooting event started at 8:00 on a specially prepared area away from the main buildings. For the 10m air pistol competition, the 29 athletes were arranged on a single round. Each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

Results were as follows:

Nation    Name               Points
DJR       Mounir Abbas       586 ***** GOLD
KYS       Danika Detrikian   584 ***** SILVER
UTA       David Wright       583 ***** BRONZE
DJR       Ali Shirazhoud     582
AET       Tipton Wodehouse   582
SCW       Siuassi Oetalši    581
LOM       Elian Yahr         580
SCW       Joham Dusador      580
RAS       Mac Stavro         579
TRI       Selemaris          579
UTA       Karen Smith        578
PCL       Cacá Leonídeo      578
LOM       Tamara Xingu       577
ROV       Mikhail Vaboska    577
SAN       Thomas Bondessen   576
ROV       Slavochka Gorsch   576
KYS       Elvis Kausas       575 
LEN       Fernando Ducato    575
DEU       Walter Herdez      575
CXG       Ana Furmanko       575
RAS       Dino Lumberjack    574
STS       Jovan Orsini       573
BOB       Ilav Sexxton       572
KAN       Carloso Molotiv    571
OOO       Nina Puschnig      570
KAN       Mario Levic        570
STS       Anthony Garrocho   566
AET       Alaric Witherspoon 561
PCL       Marcelo Bronshon   555

Mounir Abbas got Djeriga's first medal so far, a gold. Danika Detrikian, from Kasvria & Savarai, grabbed the silver medal, with Utanian David Wright following with the bronze.

Basketball (male, 2nd day)

(Main article: Basketball at the 309 Summer Vexgames)
The 2nd day of men's basketball competition took place today at the Albalonga Complex. The results were the following:

Group A: AET 68 vs. 56 BOB
Group A: PCL 99 vs. 50 KAN
Group B: WES 77 vs. 55 DJR
Group B: POL 69 vs. 87 KYS
Group C: NKO 101 vs. 84 SCW
Group C: MIM 63 vs. 66 LEN
Group D: STS 78 vs. 76 UTA
Group D: DEU 69 vs. 45 LYS

Highlights include Porto Capital's victory over Kansinia, and two very close victories: Lendosa won Mari'im by a three-point margin, while St. Samuel beat Utania by a even smaller two-point difference. Niokolo Koba won her second game by defeating Shaelia 101-84, the first match so far on the games to pass the hundred-point mark.

Football (male, 5th day)

(Main article: Football at the 309 Summer Vexgames)
The men's football tournment continued today, with more matches for the group stage.

Group A: AET 1 vs. 0 NKO
Group B: BOB 0 vs. 0 OOO
Group C: CXG 1 vs. 1 PCL
Group D: DEU 0 vs. 1 POL
Group E: DJR 3 vs. 1 RAS 
Group F: IWK 2 vs. 0 SAN
Group G: KAL 2 vs. 1 SCK

With still one day to go on the group stage, surprises may still happen. The Polarian Islands team, which was expected to be nothing more than a punching bag for her group, managed to beat Deucoland 1-0.

Handball (female, 1st day)

(Main article: Handball at the 309 Summer Vexgames)
Today also saw the first day on the women's handball tournment. Results were as follows:

Group A: BOB 29 vs. 36 CXG
Group A: SCK 29 vs. 20 KAN
Group B: DEU 34 vs. 36 KYS 
Group B: IWK 25 vs. 22 OOO
Group C: WES 29 vs. 24 PCL
Group C: SCW 22 vs. 18 SAN
Group D: AET 27 vs. 26 STS
Group D: KAL 15 vs. 21 UTA

Medal Standings

     Nation                 GOLD  SILVER  BRONZE
 1.  St. Samuel        STS   8       6       3
 2.  Chungxipang       CGX   7       5       6
 3.  Niokolo Koba      NKO   3       4       2
 4.  Solanchatka       SCK   2       1
 5.  Westria           WES   1       3       5
 6.  Shaelia           SCW   1       2       1
 7.  Deucoland         DEU   1       1       2
 8.  Rovens            ROV   1       1       1
 9.  Lombriga          LOM   1               2
10.  Utania            UTA   1               2
11.  Porto Capital     PCL   1               1
12.  Djeriga           DJR   1
13.  Kasvria & Savarai KYS           3
14.  Kansinia          KAN           1
15.  Lysonia           LYS           1
16.  Kalesthesia       KAL                   1
17.  Aethelnia         AET                   1
18.  Sanx              SAN                   1

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