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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.
FIRST GOLD MEDAL WINNER: Yang Qian of China celebrates on the podium after winning the women’s 10m Air Rifle final at the Asaka Shooting Range on Saturday. Reuters
TOKYO: China claimed three gold medals on the first day of competition at 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.
As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China secured victories in shooting and weightlifting.
Yang Qian sparked the mini gold rush in the 10-metre air rifle competition, pipping Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina with a dramatic last-shot victory to take the very first title of the Games.
China claim early Olympic golds on day one
July 25, 2021
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.
As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China secured victories in shooting and weightlifting.
Yang Qian sparked the mini gold rush in the 10-metre air rifle competition, pipping Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina with a dramatic last-shot victory to take the very first title of the Games.
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