Hoisted high into the air by her coach after winning epee gold, Sun Yiwen later hobbled out of the Olympics in tears when injury cruelly halted her campaign. Tokyo 2020 truly was an emotional roller-coaster for the Chinese fencer.
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China claim early Olympic golds, Ecuador s Carapaz wins cycling crown
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Saturday Jul 24, 2021
China s Sun Yiwen celebrates with her French coach Hugues Obry after winning in the women s epee individual gold medal bout and Ecuador s Richard Carapaz celebrates as he rides to the finish line to win the men s cycling road race during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japan, July 24, 2021. AFP
China wins in fencing, shooting and weightlifting; Equador cyclist Richard Carapaz becomes only second in country s history to top podium. Seventeen new Games-related COVID-19 cases announced. Organisers nervously track tropical storm likely to arrive on Tuesday.
TOKYO: China claimed three gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race.
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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.