Former Golden Bear Johnny Hooper scores twice in water polo victory over Romania; Kohler advances to the semifinals in the women's single sculls
Johnny Hooper and Kara Kohler delivered big performances Tuesday as Cal athletes continued to compete at the Paris Olympics.Kohler, meanwhile, continued to move forward in rowing competition, advancing to the semifinal round of the women’s single sculls.Cal alum Johnny Hooper scored twice in the first quarter and his teammates took it from there in a decisive victory in group play.
Hooper, a 27-year-old attacker who scored 245 goals for Cal from 2015-18, had USA’s first goal to knot the score early then scored again with 2:11 left in the first period to make it 3-3. He has three goals in USA’s first two games.Goalkeeper Adrian Weinberg, who anchored Cal’s 2021-22-23 NCAA championships, played the entire game and had 14 saves against 22 shots.
Kohler will race Thursday in a semifinal featuring New Zealand’s 37-year-old legend Emma Twigg, who won her quarterfinal race in the day’s fastest time of 7:26.89. Twigg, in her fifth Olympics, captured the single sculls gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.Mackovic, 29, and teammate Nikolaj Pimenov finished fourth in the men’s double sculls semifinals in a time of 6:17.35. Only the top three advanced to the Final A, relegating the Serbian duo to Thursday’s Final B.
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