IVIES IN TOKYO - DAY 7 RECAP

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TOKYO – Former Princeton men’s heavyweight rowing standout Fred Vystavel claimed a bronze medal in the men’s coxless pair to highlight action on day seven of the Tokyo Olympics.

Representing Denmark, Vystavel and his partner Joachim Sutton claimed third place in the A-Finals with a time of 6:18.99 behind Romania (6:16.58) and Croatia (6:15.29).

It marks the first Olympic medal for Vystavel and the second for the Ivy League during the 2020 Olympic games as Brown softball alum Janet Leung assisted Team Canada in securing their first-ever Olympic medal with a 3-2 win over Mexico. The Ivy League now boasts 477 all-time Olympic medals.

With less than two seconds separating the entire field, the U.S. lightweight women’s double sculls came up just short of a medal. Dartmouth alum Molly Reckford and partner Michelle Sechser clocked a time of 6:48.54.

Two-time Olympian and Cornell graduate Tracey Eisser and partner Megan Kalmoe finished fourth in the B final of the women’s pair for a 10th-place finish overall. The U.S. finished with a time of 7:02.16. Incoming Yale freshman Christina Bourmpou competed in the women’s coxless pair and took fifth in the A-final with a time of 6:57.11.

On the fencing strip, Team USA, which features two Ivies in Nicole Ross (Columbia) and Jackie Dubrovich (Harvard), finished fourth in the team foil event after losing to Italy, 45-23. Ross won the first set 5-3. Team USA beat Japan in the quarterfinals but lost to the ROC in the semifinals.

At the Tokyo Stadium, Madison Hughes – Dartmouth alum and captain of Team USA - battled it out for fifth place in the men’s rugby sevens versus South Africa. The U.S. fell to South African, 28-7. Hughes led his team with 30 points over the six matches throughout the Olympics.

The women's rugby sevens team, which includes a pair of Ivies - Dartmouth’s Ariana Ramsey and Harvard’s Cheta Emba – also played its first match on Wednesday, doubling up China, 28-14. Team USA knocked off host Japan as well, 17-7, as Ramsey started and contributed a try to the winning effort. The U.S. will complete pool play Australia tonight (Thursday, July 29) at 9:30 p.m., while the quarterfinals will begin tomorrow at 4:30 a.m.

At the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, defending champions Team USA, anchored by Princeton’s Ashleigh Johnson, suffered its first Olympic loss since 2008 as the squad fell to Hungary in group play, 10-9. Johnson and Team USA will return to the water to face ROC on Friday.

Keanan Dols, the first Penn Olympic swimmer since 1976, finished third in the first heat of the 200m individual medley. Representing Jamaica, Dols clocked a time of 2:04.29 and will not advance.

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