springstein called her experience wild and says she called herfamily immediately after winning the silver. japan have won the coveted baseball gold after beating the united states in the yokohama baseball stadium. the hosts won 2 0, meaning teamjapan complete an historic double after the women s softball team took gold earlier at the games. the winning squad will each receive a cash bonus of 10 million yen, around 90 thousand dollars, in what s a long awaited first olympic gold in the sport. so let s take a look at what that all means for the medals table then on the penultimate day of the tokyo games. it s close between china and the usa. china just ahead on 38, with the us two further back. great britain are in 5th, level on 20 golds with the russian olympic committee. that s all the sport for now. let s look at some of the day s other news
the hosts won 2 0, meaning teamjapan complete an historic double after the women s softball team took gold earlier at the games. the winning squad will each receive a cash bonus of 10 million yen, around 90 thousand dollars, in what s a long awaited first olympic gold in the sport. earlier, britain s galal yafai claimed the first gold of the day and the first gold for britain in boxing in tokyo. yafai beat carlo paalam, of the philippines, 4 1 in the points decision to become the flyweight olympic champion. paalam was aiming to become the first filipino to win olympic boxing gold. but it s redemption of sorts for yafai he qualified for rio 2016, but lost in the last 16. in tokyo, it s gold! and he has big goals for the future. it isa it is a massive day for me, becoming
sure they understood how the system worked. , , ., ., ., ,, , ., worked. justin rowlatt, thank you ve much worked. justin rowlatt, thank you very much indeed. the first international athletes have arrived injapan for the tokyo olympics, which open injust over 50 days after being postponed last year. the australian women s softball team landed at narita airport where they were tested for coronavirus. all members of the team have already been vaccinated and will go through more testing and checks throughout the games, which are hugely controversial injapan, with many people strongly opposed to them going ahead. rupert wingfield hayes has more from tokyo. the feeling here is one of uncertainty. obviously, a team arriving is a big moment, especially when it s the first team arriving, and all of the indications are, certainly from the ioc and from the tokyo organising committee, that they are now determined to push ahead. we spoke to the organising committee again earlier this week, and t
running on to the court after the wizards game against the 76ers. tackled by a security guard and dealt with by authorities. sergio cuero is to join barcelona after a decade in manchester city. 52 days and counting until the start of the tokyo games olympians have begun to arrive. the australian women s softball team, the aussie spirit, flew in just a few hours ago. they are among the first international athletes to travel to the games since the pandemic forced its delay. meanwhile, japanese media reports spectators maybe required to have a negative covid test in order to attend the games. let s turn to cnn s blake essig in tokyo covering the count doun to the olympics for us. the australian softball team arrived 52 days before the start of the games.
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