DISTRIA Krasniqi of Kosovo reacts during the medal ceremony for women’s -48kg judo event at Nippon Budokan on Saturday. AP
PRISTINA: The whole of Kosovo celebrated on Saturday after Distria Krasniqi won the Olympic gold medal in judo, the second-ever Olympic medal for the tiny western Balkan country that became independent only 13 years ago.
Krasniqi beat Funa Tonaki of Japan in the women’s 48-kilogram judo final at the Tokyo Games.
In 2016, Majlinda Kelmendi became the first Kosovar athlete to win a medal at the Olympic Games when she claimed gold in the women’s 52-kg category in Rio de Janeiro.
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USA wins first Tokyo Olympics medals with gold, silver finish in men s 400-meter individual medley
From CNN’s Seamus Fagan and Kevin Dotson
Chase Kalisz of Team United States celebrates after winning the Men s 400m Individual Medley Final on July 25. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
The United States has won its first medals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland finished first and second in the Men’s 400-meter Individual Medley.
Chase Kalisz won gold with a time of 4:09.42, while Litherland finished just behind him with a time of 4:10:28. Brendon Smith of Australia won bronze with a time of 4:10.38.
July 25, 2021
published at 3:22 AMReuters
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball 3x3 - Women - Pool A - United States v France - Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. France president Emmanuel Macron and US First Lady Jill Biden attend the match.
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The first host nation gold is often one of the loudest spectator highlights of an Olympic Games. On Saturday (July 24), Japan won its first Tokyo 2020 gold medal in the men s 60kg judo in front of a few press and athletic staff.
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Iranian defector playing under Olympic Refugee team to face off against athlete from Iran
From CNN s Artemis Moshtaghian and Sugam Pokharel; previous reporting by Vasco Cotovio
Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin of the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates during the Women s -57kg Bronze Medal Taekwondo contest in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on August 18, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
An Iranian athlete playing under the Olympic Refugee team is competing against an Iranian player representing Iran in the taekwondo qualifying round in Tokyo on Sunday.
Kimia Alizadeh, who left Iran in 2020, will face off against Nahid Kiyani Chandeh in the 57kg category of taekwondo in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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