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Bronze medalist Pusarla V. Sindhu celebrates during the medal ceremony for women’s singles Badminton match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in , . (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com MILESTONE MEDALS IN POOL, SCHAUFFELE CLAIMS TITLE IN GOLF Jacobs is world’s fastest man; Barshim, Tamberi tie for gold

Caeleb Dressel, of the , swims in the men’s 4x100-meter med- ley relay fi nal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)

Lamont Jacobs, (right), of , wins the men’s the 100-meter fi nal at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP) Gold medalist Mutaz Barshim of celebrates on the track after winning the fi nal of the men’s high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Chinese dominate badminton, bronze for Sindhu; Zverev wins singles It followed a comeback victory for Zverev over top-ranked Novak Djoko- Medals Table TOKYO, Aug 1, (AP): Us- style. By the time Dressel was done, he suyama missed a 12-foot birdie putt on vic in the semifi nals. Pablo Carreno had entered an elite club of swimmers the last hole that would have secured Busta of Spain won bronze Saturday. ain Bolt would not recog- who won at least fi ve gold medals at him the bronze. He was in a seven-man Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and An- nize what went down on the one games. playoff for the fi nal medal. drey Rublev beat Russian teammates TOKYO, Aug 1: med- als table on Sunday. Olympic track he used to Michael Phelps did it three times, of Chen Yu Fei of won gold in Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev G S B T course, highlighted by his record eight women’s singles badminton. 6-3, 6-7 (5), 13-11 for gold in mixed China 24 14 13 51 own. golds at the 2008 Beijing Games. The top-seeded Chen beat Tai Tzu- doubles. United States 20 23 16 59 On the night of the 100-meter Japan 17 5 9 31 There’s also Mark Spitz (seven golds Ying of Taiwan 21-18, 19-21, 21-18. Ash Barty Australia 14 3 14 31 gold medal race that once belonged in 1972), East German Kristin Otto (six Chen’s victory marks a return to and John Peers ROC 12 19 13 44 to the Jamaican superstar, a Texas- golds in 1988) and Matt Biondi (fi ve form for Chinese women in badmin- of Australia Great Britain 10 10 12 32 5 10 6 21 born Italian with a deeper history in golds, also in ’88). ton. They had won four straight golds won bronze. 5 4 8 17 long jumping than outdoor sprints Make room for Dressel, who made it in singles until Carolina Marin of Spain Artem Dol- Italy 4 8 15 27 won the race that has long defi ned look so easy. won at the 2016 Games. gopyat won Netherlands 4 7 6 17 American Bobby Finke won gold in Marin did not defend her title at the Israel’s fi rst- 4 4 11 19 Olympic royalty. New Zealand 4 3 4 11 At the Tokyo Olympics, Marcell the grueling men’s 1,500-meter free- Tokyo Games because of a knee injury. ever Olympic Czech Republic 4 3 1 8 style race. P.V. Sindhu of India won bronze by medal in artis- 3 4 7 14 Jacobs is The World’s Fastest Man. 3 4 5 12 The Italian crossed the line in 9.8 Just as he did in winning the 800-me- beating He Bing Jiao of China. tic gymnastics. Dolgopyat cap- Croatia 3 2 2 7 seconds Sunday night, the fi rst medal ter freestyle, Finke stayed closed The French men’s foil team avenged Chinese Taipei 2 4 4 10 throughout the 30-lap race and turned their loss in the 2016 Olympic fi nal by tured gold in Mckeon 2 3 5 10 ever for the country in the 100 meters. 2 2 2 6 Xander Schauffele of the United on the speed at the end. He touched in beating a trio of Russians for a gold the men’s fl oor won the 200 in 1980 exercise by edging Rayderley Zapata Slovenia 2 1 1 4 States watches his tee shot on the 14 minutes, 39.65 seconds. medal in Tokyo. Ecuador 2 0 0 2 and won that race at the of Spain on a tiebreak. 1960 Games in . 6th hole during the fi nal round of ’s Mykhailo Romanchuk Erwann le Pechoux, Kosovo 2 0 0 2 took the silver in 14:40.66, while the and Enzo Lefort combined to best An- Dolgopyat and Zapata were both Qatar 2 0 0 2 Even in a race with no clear favorites the men’s golf event at the 2020 Spain 1 3 3 7 Summer Olympics in Kawagoe, bronze went to Germany’s Florian ton Borodachev, Kirill Borodachev and awarded a score of 14.933 during the - American Ronnie Baker was a can- event fi nals. They both had matching 1 3 1 5 didate and China’s Su Bingtain ran a Japan. (AP) Wellbrock in 14:40.91. Timur Safi n 45-28 for France’s second Romania 1 3 0 4 Australia won gold in the women’s gold of the Tokyo Olympics. execution scores during their routines. Sweden 1 3 0 4 shocking 9.83 in the semis - Jacobs was al at the Tokyo Olympics. Rojas fi nished the competition with a 4x100 medley relay. Romain Cannone won the men’s epee Dolgopyat earned the gold because his Venezuela 1 3 0 4 a surprise. Capping a brilliant performance individual. It’s the fi rst win in men’s set was slightly more diffi cult than Za- Hong Kong 1 2 0 3 Jacobs topped America’s Fred Ker- mark of 15.67 meters to break a record 1 2 0 3 set in 1995. Inessa Kravets of Ukraine by the entire Aussie women’s team, team foil for the country since the 2000 pata’s. Slovakia 1 2 0 3 ley and Canada’s Andre DeGrasse to Emma McKeon followed her victory Sydney Games. Xiao Ruoteng of China earned the Austria 1 1 3 5 take the spot Bolt had commandeered held the record at 15.50. Denmark 1 1 2 4 Rojas broke the Olympic record of in the 50-freestyle earlier in the ses- The ROC still fi nished the fencing bronze for his third medal in Tokyo. 1 1 2 4 since 2008. sion to take the butterfl y leg on the slate with eight medals and four golds. He took silver in the men’s all-around Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and Gi- 15.39 with her fi rst attempt in the fi nal. Belgium 1 1 1 3 The two-time world champion won a relay. Cate Campbell closed strong on The United States team of Alexander and won a bronze during the team Jamaica 1 1 1 3 anmarco Tamberi of Italy tied for the event last week. Norway 1 1 1 3 silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro the freestyle, touching in an Olympic Massialas, Race Imboden and Gerek 1 1 0 2 gold medal in the men’s high jump at record of 3 minutes, 51.60 seconds to Meinhardt won the bronze with a 45-31 Max Whitlock of Britain defended the Tokyo Games. Olympics. Tunisia 1 1 0 2 Patricia Mamona of Portugal took edge the two-time defending champion victory over Japan. his Olympic title in pommel horse. Ireland 1 0 2 3 Both men were clean at every at- Americans. The top-seeded Czech team of Bar- Whitlock led off the eight-man fi nal Israel 1 0 2 3 tempt to 2.37 meters and both missed silver and Ana Peleteiro of Spain won Turkey 1 0 2 3 bronze. Kaylee McKeown and Chelsea bora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniako- and posted a score of 15,583 points. Belarus 1 0 1 2 all three attempts at the Olympic record Hodges started things off for the win- va won gold in women’s doubles at the That is the highest of any male or fe- Estonia 1 0 1 2 of 2.39. Caeleb Dressel fi nished off his gold Fiji 1 0 1 2 rush at the Tokyo Olympics with two ning Australian team. tennis tournament. male gymnast on any event so far at the Tokyo Games. 1 0 1 2 more dazzling swims. The guy who Abbey Weitzeil touched in 3:51.73 The Czechs beat the Swiss team of Bermuda 1 0 0 1 OLYMPICS dreads all the attention won’t be able to to give the United States a silver. She Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic. Lee Chih Kai of Taiwan took sil- Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 Greece 1 0 0 1 escape it now. anchored a team that also included Bencic won gold in singles a day ear- ver to earn the fi rst-ever medal for his teenagers Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby lier by beating Czech player Marketa country in gymnastics. Iran 1 0 0 1 The 30-year-old Barshim was the sil- “I’m really glad to be done,” said the Kazuma Kaya of Japan took the Latvia 1 0 0 1 tattooed, 24-year-old Floridian, who and Torri Huske. Vondrouova. Philippines 1 0 0 1 ver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro bronze to earn a second medal to go 1 0 0 1 captured his fourth and fi fth gold med- The bronze went to Canada. Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani of Games and was also on the podium at Xander Schauffele claimed the Olym- Brazil took the bronze in doubles. with the silver he won in the team 0 2 1 3 the 2012 London Games. He won the als of the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Dominican Rep 0 2 0 2 pic gold medal in golf in a tense fi nish. Fifth-ranked Alexander Zverev of competition. Ukraine 0 1 5 6 world championship gold medal at Australia’s Emma McKeon put her Nina Derwael of Belgium won the own remarkable stamp on the record Schauffele was tied for the lead with Germany won the gold medal in men’s Indonesia 0 1 2 3 home in Qatar in 2019. Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia with two singles at the Olympics. gold medal in the uneven bars and Mongolia 0 1 2 3 Gianmarco Tamberi is a former book with a staggering haul of hard- 0 1 1 2 holes to play. Zverev beat Karen Khachanov of the Olympic all-around gymnastics cham- India 0 1 1 2 world indoor champion. ware. pion Sunisa Lee added a bronze medal McKeon won two more golds and Sabbatini set an Olympic record with Russian Olympic Committee 6-3, 6-1 Portugal 0 1 1 2 Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus won a 61 and won the silver. Hideki Mat- for the biggest title of his career. to her haul at the Tokyo Games. San Marino 0 1 1 2 the bronze medal. He also cleared 2.37 became the fi rst female swimmer - and The 18-year-old Lee’s total of Uganda 0 1 1 2 second woman in any sport - to claim Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 for a national record. 14.500 points was good enough for Jordan 0 1 0 1 Gong Lijiao of China won her fi rst seven medals at one Olympics. Four of third behind Derwael and Russian ath- N. Macedonia 0 1 0 1 Olympic gold medal in the them were gold, the other three bronze. lete Anastasiia Iliankova. Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 Dressel was perfect in the events he Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 with a personal best of 20.58 meters. Lee’s bronze gives her three medals 0 0 3 3 The reigning two-time world champi- had a chance in, capping off his stun- so far at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Azerbaijan 0 0 2 2 on produced two efforts over 20 meters ning week in the fi nal race at the Tokyo Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade 0 0 2 2 on her last two attempts at the Olympic Aquatics Centre by putting the Ameri- Argentina 0 0 1 1 added a gold medal on vault to go with Côte d’Ivoire 0 0 1 1 Stadium to cement her victory ahead of cans ahead to stay in the 4x100 medley the silver she earned in the all-around. Finland 0 0 1 1 Raven Saunders of the United States, relay on their way to a world record. Andrade put together a pair of soar- Kuwait 0 0 1 1 who took the silver medal with 19.79. He doesn’t plan to savor his triumph Malaysia 0 0 1 1 ing vaults to post an average of 15.083. Note: Table reads as gold, silver, Veteran of New Zea- for long - which is right on par for a The medals she won in Tokyo are the bronze and total land won a bronze medal with 19.62 in guy who said a day earlier “the sport fi rst and second ever for Brazil in gym- her fi fth and likely last Olympics. was a lot more fun when no one knew nastics at the Games. Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela set a my name.” They certainly know it now. Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns a shot to Karen Khachanov, of the American MyKayla Skinner, who pulled out to focus on her mental world record with her fi nal attempt to In his fi rst race Sunday, he cruised to Russian Olympic Committee, during the men’s single gold medal match of entered the competition after defend- health, captured the silver. win the women’s triple jump gold med- a relatively easy victory in the 50 free- the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) ing Olympic champion Simone Biles Medalists – See Page 15

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