Steve Guerdat (Switzerland) would be the third man clear. The three riders would go into a jump-off for gold.

Germany has a particular hold over this event, having won nine of the last ten renewals and eleven of the last thirteen World Championships.

The final should be one of the anticipated matchups of the Olympics as Yifan/Qingchen take on Baek/Lee.

This feels destined to be a France v Denmark final. It has been at the last two Olympics. However, they are playing in the same group

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Brazil could not continue the hot streak and were knocked out in the quarter finals by Netherlands. The other ties went to form

France beat Sweden 29-27 to set a final with Russia beating Norway 27-26.

In the other semi-final once again Sweden and Brazil would head to a penalty shootout. This time Sweden would get the win