Tokyo Olympics: Chinese shooter Yang Qian wins first gold
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Chinese shooter Yang Qian wins first gold of Tokyo Olympics
Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, snatching a dramatic last-shot victory from Russia s Anastasiia Galashina in the women s 10m air rifle final.
Yang claimed gold with an Olympic record score of 251.8, edging ahead of Russian Anastasiia Galashina on 251.1 and Switzerland s Nina Christen on 230.6.
Galashina had looked poised to claim gold heading into the last shot, but stumbled with 8.9 on her final effort to allow Yang to seal victory.
The event took place the morning after the Olympics opened in a nearly empty stadium, following an unprecedented postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy.
Qian Yang gana la primera medalla de oro de Tokyo 2020
Tiradora china ganó en la modalidad rifle de aire
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Yang Qian consiguió este viernes (sábado en Japón) la primera medalla de oro otorgada en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokyo 2020. Vea también:
La medalla de plata fue para
Anastasiia Galashina que compitió bajo la bandera del Comité Olímpico Ruso (ROC) por la suspensión de su país. Ella logró un puntaje de 251.1.
En tanto, el bronce fue la suiza
Nina Christen con 230.6 puntos.
La competición se desarrolló en el Asaka Hall de tiro en la capital japonesa.
China s Yang Qian claims first gold in Tokyo
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China s Yang Qian checks her rifle in the 10-meter air rifle competition Saturday.
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Yang Qian outlasted the field Saturday in a nail-biting final in the women s 10-meter air rifle competition, winning the first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics.
Anastasiia Galashina, competing for the ROC, led Yang 231.4 to 231.3 heading into the final two shots. Galashina doubled the lead with a 10.8 on her next shot to Yang s 10.7. But Galashina fired an astonishingly low 8.9 with her last shot, a few seconds before Yang clinched gold with a pedestrian but sufficient 9.8, her worst shot of the 24 she took in the final.
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China’s Qian Yang has won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in women’s 10-meter air rifle.
Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina when the Russian missed the center two rings for an 8.9 on her final shot.
Yang had a 9.8 on her final shot and finished with an Olympic record 251.8. Galashina finished at 251.1.
Switzerland’s Nina Christen took bronze.
An Algerian judo athlete will be sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after he withdrew from the competition to avoid potentially facing an Israeli opponent.
Fethi Nourine and his coach, Amar Benikhlef, told Algerian media they were withdrawing to avoid a possible second-round matchup with Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the men’s 73 kg division on Monday. Nourine was to face Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool in the opening round, with the winner facing Butbul, the fifth seed.