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.
China s Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics
JAKE SEINER, AP Sports Writer
July 24, 2021
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1of6Yang Qian, of China, reacts after winning the gold medal in the women s 10-meter air rifle at the Asaka Shooting Range in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Alex Brandon/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Daniil Medvedev, of the Russian Olympic Committee, cools off during a changeover in a tennis match against Alexander Bublik, of Kazakhstan, during at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Patrick Semansky/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of6The sand is empty during first women s beach volleyball match of the 2020 Summer Olympics between Japan and Czech Republic after it was canceled, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The Czech team says beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková has entered a quarantine hotel after testing positive for COVID-19.Felipe Dana/APShow MoreShow Less
Takato wins gold for Japan in judo; Tonaki takes silver Today 06:01 am JST Today | 06:01 am JST TOKYO
Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold medal at its home Olympics, beating Taiwan s Yang Yung-wei in the men’s 60-kilogram judo final on SaturdNaohisa Takato spent the past five years fixated on a vision.
He saw himself standing on the podium at the Nippon Budokan alongside Funa Tonaki with judo gold medals around their necks, basking in the cheers of their adoring home crowd on the opening night of the Tokyo Olympics.
When the moment finally arrived, Takato had the gold, but he wasn t joined by Tonaki or the fans.
First Gold Medals, First Exits of Tokyo Games
Voice of America
25 Jul 2021, 06:35 GMT+10
TOKYO - Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics.
China s Yang Qian, at least, stayed right on target.
Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women s 10-meter air rifle Saturday. Her last shot was her worst of the finals but still rallied her past Galashina with an Olympic-record score of 251.8. Switzerland s Nina Christen took bronze. It s unbelievable that I can be here, Yang said through an interpreter. I was really nervous. The competition was really tight, but I m so happy that I could win.
Olympics-Japan PM offers congrats to gold medallist as Games heat up Reuters 5 hrs ago
TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Sunday phoned judoka Naohisa Takato to offer congratulations after the triple world champion secured the host nation s first gold medal as the Games heat up in Tokyo.
Takato s victory https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/judo-judoka-tonaki-one-bout-japans-first-tokyo-2020-gold-2021-07-24 over Taiwan s Yang Yung-wei on Saturday offers organizers hope of improving enthusiasm for the delayed Olympics among the Japanese public, who are laboring under a state of emergency in the capital amid elevated COVID-19 cases.
Attention on Sunday turns to tennis player Naomi Osaka, who on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony, in her opening match against China s Saisai Zheng at the Ariake Tennis Park.