When dawn broke this morning on the fourteenth day of the Olympic Games, Cuba was in 15th place in the Tokyo medal standings. It is admirable and not fortuitous that the small island of only 11 million people is 15th among the 204 countries attending the world games. Each of the talented athletes who represent […]
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MEDAL ALERT
Roniel Iglesias of Cuba won his second Olympic boxing gold medal by soundly beating Pat McCormack of Britain in the welterweight final.
Iglesias added Tokyo gold to his two previous light welterweight medals. He won gold in London and bronze from Beijing. He also fought at welterweight in Rio de Janeiro but lost in the quarterfinals.
Iglesias largely controlled the final bout with superior footwork and technique against McCormack. McCormack was gracious in defeat as Iglesias celebrated Cubaâs first official boxing medal in Tokyo. Several more are already clinched.
Aidan Walsh of Ireland and Andrei Zamkovoy of Russia claimed bronze medals. Walsh was unable to fight McCormack in the semifinals after he injured his ankle while leaping to celebrate his quarterfinal victory.
Chinese paddlers cruise into canoe sprint semis of Tokyo Olympics
Xinhua
03 Aug 2021, 06:44 GMT+10
TOKYO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) All Chinese paddlers cruised into the semifinals as canoe sprint competition began at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday. Liu Hao, gold medalist in the 2019 world championships, partnered with Zheng Pengfei to finish their heat of the men s canoe double 1000m in the first place in 3 minutes and 37.783 seconds to book a direct berth in the semis. Cuba s Serguey Torres Madrigal and Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez, who took the second place 1.245 seconds behind, also advanced to the semis. We just followed our pace and did what we had done in our practice, Liu said.
Olympics Latest: Women s semifinals set in beach volleyball
Aug. 2, 2021
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1of33Mariafe Artacho del Solar, of Australia, stretches for the ball during a women s beach volleyball quarterfinal match against Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Felipe Dana/APShow MoreShow Less
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