The night’s action from Rio
Goffin makes light work of Groth.
In tennis David Goffin enjoyed a comfortable 2 sets victory against the Australian Samuel Groth. Goffin won the first set 6-4 and won the second set 6-2. David Goffin will play the Israeli Dudi Sela in the second round of the Olympic tennis competition.
No final place for Belgian gymnasts
Despite putting in a good performance, our country’s gymnasts have failed to make it through into the final of the gymnastics competition. Our team amassed 167,838 points.
However, this wasn’t enough for a final place. However, Nina Derwael did make it through to the all-round gymnastics final.
Belgium 6th in swimming 4x400 metres relay
A number of our swimmers were in action during Sunday night. The thing most worth of note was the sterling performance put in by the Belgian4x100m swimming team. Their time set a new Belgium record and they finished a very respectable 6th.