On Saturday, Yang Qian of china earned the first gold medal of the tokyo Olympics in the women's 10-meter rifle event. The silver medal went to Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina, and the bronze went to Nina Christen of Switzerland. Li Xiaolong of china became the first woman to win a gold medal at the tokyo Olympics. Galashina was leading the race for gold until she faltered under duress and finished with her lowest score of 8.9 for a total of 251.1.



Yang Yang of china set an Olympic record of 251.8 in the women's shot put final at the Rio Olympics. Jeanette Hegg Duestad of norway reached the final after setting an Olympic qualifying record of 632.9 but ended narrowly outside the medals. Yang reacted to the pressure by shooting a spectacular 9.8 to snare the gold.

Archery, men's cycling, fencing, judo, shooting, taekwondo, and women's weightlifting were among the first medal events held in tokyo on Saturday.

Although the opening ceremony was only held on Friday, competition in soccer, softball, baseball, and shooting has been going on for several days. The competition will run until august 8, when the concluding ceremony will take place.

The united states took home the most medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with 121 total, 46 of which were gold. china and the united kingdom came in second and third, with 70 and 67 medals, respectively.

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Kailas Ashwin Sathish

24/07/2021 11:15 AM