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
Tokyo’s oldest competitor already looking forward to Paris in 2024
The Tokyo Games have just begun, but the Olympics oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian equestrian Mary Hanna, is already looking ahead to 2024.
Hanna, who is competing in her sixth Olympics, has four grandchildren and is 54 years older than Tokyo’s youngest competitor (12-year-old Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza). She says she plans to ride in the 2024 Paris Games if her health and her body allow.
“It’s only three years away.” Hanna said after competing in dressage qualifiers on Saturday. “Unless my body really breaks down, I’m certainly aiming for Paris.”
Tokyo’s oldest competitor already looking forward to Paris in 2024
The Tokyo Games have just begun, but 2020 s oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian equestrian Mary Hanna, is already looking ahead to 2024. Author: NBC Olympics Updated: 7:09 PM EDT July 24, 2021
TOKYO, Japan The Tokyo Games have just begun, but the Olympics oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian equestrian Mary Hanna, is already looking ahead to 2024.
Hanna, who is competing in her sixth Olympics, has four grandchildren and is 54 years older than Tokyo’s youngest competitor (12-year-old Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza). She says she plans to ride in the 2024 Paris Games if her health and her body allow.
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.
Competidora más joven de Tokyo 2020, de 12 años, queda eliminada en primera ronda Zaza se enfrentó a una rival que le triplicaba la edad, Liu Jia, de 39 años, en la ronda preliminar de individuales femeninos Por: Rosa Vilchis 24 de julio de 2021 | 20:00 La siria Hend Zaza, quien con 12 años es la atleta más joven de Tokyo 2020. (Foto: GettyImages)
La siria
atleta más joven que compite en los
Juegos Olímpicos de
Tokyo 2020, se despidió el sábado, 24 de julio de 2021, del
torneo de tenis de mesa en la ronda inicial, luego de hacerse una selfie con su oponente austriaca para recordar la histórica ocasión.