Olympia - decent start for golfers Popov and Masson

Sophia Popov and Caroline Masson has moved a decent start to the Olympic tournament on Wednesday with brooding heat in Tokyo. On the PAR-71 square in the KasumigaseKi Country Club, the two-time Solheim Cup winner Masson and British Open Champion Popov played with high humidity and temperatures at 35 degrees each round on space standard and finished the 23rd place in the 60-member field .

First leader was the Swedish Madelene Sagström. The 28-year-old stayed with 66 beats five among PAR and led with a blow ahead of the Indian Aditi Ashok and Nelly Korda from the USA. Their sister Jessica Korda was at the same time with Popov and Masson. Father of the two Korda sisters is Petr Korda, who had won the Australian Open in tennis in 1998.

Five strokes behind the tip did not scare Popov. "Should it be like that on the last day, that would be a bit difficult, then you would have to give gas again. But we have three days left," said the 28-year-old in the ard, "Who knows what happens to the leading tomorrow. Maybe we can roll up the field a bit from behind. "

Also Masson had to fight with the heat. "You're just outside, is five hours in the blazing sun. You realize that the body does not work as accurate as usual," said the 32-year-old.

Popov finished with her start in Japan a family curse. Her American mother had qualified as a swimmer for Moscow in 1980 - then came the US boycott. Even her brother, a power swimmer, dreamed in vain by the games, fell short of the qualification for London 2012.

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The men's tournament had Xander Schaufele, a US American with German passport, before Rory Sabbatini (Slovakia) and T.C. Pan (Taiwan) won. Hurly Long (St. Leon-Red) and Maximilian Kieffer (Dusseldorf) had occupied the places 35 and 45.Sophia Popov and Caroline Massonn has moved a decent start to the Olympic tournament on Wednesday with brooding heat in Tokyo. On the PAR-71 square in the KasumigaseKi Country Club, the two-time Solheim Cup winner Masson and British Open Champion Popov played with high humidity and temperatures at 35 degrees each round on space standard and finished the 23rd place in the 60-member field .

First leader was the Swedish Madelene Sagström. The 28-year-old stayed with 66 beats five among PAR and led with a blow ahead of the Indian Aditi Ashok and Nelly Korda from the USA. Their sister Jessica Korda was at the same time with Popov and Masson. Father of the two Korda sisters is Petr Korda, who had won the Australian Open in tennis in 1998.

Five strokes behind the tip did not scare Popov. "Should it be like that on the last day, that would be a bit difficult, then you would have to give gas again. But we have three days left," said the 28-year-old in the ard, "Who knows what happens to the leading tomorrow. Maybe we can roll up the field a bit from behind. "

Also Masson had to fight with the heat. "You're just outside, is five hours in the blazing sun. You realize that the body does not work as accurate as usual," said the 32-year-old.

Popov finished with her start in Japan a family curse. Her American mother had qualified as a swimmer for Moscow in 1980 - then came the US boycott. Even her brother, a power swimmer, dreamed in vain by the games, fell short of the qualification for London 2012.

Articles and videos about the topic * Review: Day 11 at Olympia * Olympia Live: Multifassing with good start - Nearest Fable World Record * Experience top sport live on Dazn. Get your free month now!

The men's tournament had Xander Schaufele, a US American with German passport, before Rory Sabbatini (Slovakia) and T.C. Pan (Taiwan) won. Hurly Long (St. Leon-Red) and Maximilian Kieffer (Dusseldorf) had occupied the places 35 and 45.