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Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina has won her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics, beating Koreaâs Kim Minjung in a shootoff in womenâs 25-meter pistol.
Batsarashkina tied Kim with 38 points and won the shootoff 4-1. Chinaâs Xiao Jiaruxuan took bronze.
Batsarashkina also won gold in 10-meter air pistol and teamed with Artem Chernousov to take silver in 10-meter mixed team air pistol. She also took silver in 10-meter air pistol at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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American BMX rider Connor Fields is âawake and awaiting further medical evaluationâ after he crashed in the third semifinal run and had to be removed from the course at Ariake Urban Sports Park on a stretcher.
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1of18Shi Tingmao of China competes in women s diving 3m springboard preliminary at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Dmitri Lovetsky/APShow MoreShow Less
2of18South Korea s An San looks at her bow during her individual elimination match against Japan s Ren Hayakawa, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Alessandra Tarantino/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of18Connor Fields of the United States, center, who later crashed, is followed by Romain Mahieu of France, center-left, and Vincent Pelluard of Colombia, left, as they compete in the men s BMX Racing semifinals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Ben Curtis/APShow MoreShow Less
Olympics-Judo-France’s Riner suffers shock defeat in hunt for 3rd straight judo gold
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men s +100kg - Quarterfinal - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Teddy Riner of France in action against Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
July 30, 2021
By Tetsushi Kajimoto
TOKYO (Reuters) – French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner suffered a shock defeat on Friday, losing to Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men’s judo +100 kg division and bowing out from the gold medal race in the quarter-finals.
The 32-year-old double Olympic champion, one of the biggest names in the sport, was aiming for a third consecutive gold to match a record held by Japanese great Tadahiro Nomura.