Egypt's Abdelaziz Bags Gold, Historic Win for India As Japanese Fulfil
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ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 16 Gold medalist Japan poses for photographs on the pitch- ing mound after a medal cer- emony for baseball at the at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com U.S. GOLDEN AGAIN; KENYANS DOMINATE MARATHON, BRAZIL DEFEND TITLE Egypt’s Abdelaziz bags gold, historic win for India as Japanese fulfi l determined mission Saudi Arabia claim silver, Felix becomes most-decorated woman in Oly track history Medals Table TOKYO, Aug 7, (AP): TOKYO, Aug 7: Olympic Games med- Feryal Abdelaziz of Egypt als table on Saturday. won the fi rst Olympic ka- G S B T China 38 31 18 87 rate gold medal in women’s United States 36 39 33 108 Japan 27 12 17 56 over-61 kilogram kumite, ROC 20 26 23 69 Great Britain 20 21 22 63 beating Azerbaijan’s Iryna Australia 17 7 22 46 Zaretska to win Egypt’s Germany 10 11 16 37 Netherlands 10 11 12 33 second Olympic gold med- Italy 10 10 19 39 France 9 12 11 32 al since 1948. New Zealand 7 6 7 20 The 22-year-old Abdelaziz went Brazil 7 4 8 19 Hungary 6 7 6 19 ahead on a yuko with 28 seconds Canada 6 6 11 23 left in a cagey fi nal bout. She South Korea 6 4 10 20 Cuba 6 3 5 14 scored again three seconds later Poland 4 5 5 14 and hung on for a 2:0 victory cel- Czech Republic 4 4 3 11 Norway 4 2 1 7 ebrated with a primal scream. Jamaica 4 1 4 9 Gong Li of China and Sofya Berult- Spain 3 8 6 17 seva of Kazakhstan won bronze. Sweden 3 6 0 9 Switzerland 3 4 6 13 Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh won the Denmark 3 4 4 11 Olympic gold medal in men’s over-75 Kenya 3 4 2 9 kilogram karate Croatia 3 3 2 8 after fi nal oppo- Iran 3 2 2 7 Belgium 3 1 2 6 nent Tareg Ha- Slovenia 3 1 1 5 medi was given Georgia 2 5 1 8 a disqualifi ca- Chinese Taipei 2 4 6 12 Turkey 2 2 9 13 tion penalty for Serbia 2 1 4 7 kicking Ganjza- Bulgaria 2 1 2 5 deh hard in the Uganda 2 1 1 4 Ecuador 2 1 0 3 upper body or Israel 2 0 2 4 head. Uzbekistan 2 0 2 4 Hamedi, who Greece 2 0 1 3 left the mat in Qatar 2 0 1 3 Felix Bahamas 2 0 0 2 tears, still won Kosovo 2 0 0 2 Saudi Arabia’s second-ever silver Ukraine 1 5 12 18 medal, but missed out on their fi rst Belarus 1 3 3 7 Romania 1 3 0 4 gold. Venezuela 1 3 0 4 Hamedi overcame Japan’s Ryu- India 1 2 4 7 taro Araga in the semifi nals. Araga’s Hong Kong 1 2 2 5 Philippines 1 2 1 4 bronze surprisingly was the host na- Slovakia 1 2 1 4 tion’s only kumite medal in Tokyo. South Africa 1 2 0 3 Karate proliferated in Japan and spread Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of India poses during the medal ceremony for the men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP) Austria 1 1 5 7 Egypt 1 1 4 6 throughout the globe during the 20th Indonesia 1 1 3 5 century. 2-0 Saturday night behind Munetaka golf competition. Christian Sorum and Anders Mol Ethiopia 1 1 2 4 Neeraj Chopra won India’s fi rst gold Murakami’s third-inning home run. Korda led by as many as three shots beat Russia in the men’s beach vol- Portugal 1 1 2 4 Masato Morishita and four reliev- on the back nine. In the end, she needed leyball gold medal match, earning Nor- Tunisia 1 1 0 2 medal in Olympic track and fi eld with Ireland 1 0 2 3 a throw of 87.58 meters on Saturday ers combined on a six-hitter, and the two putts from just inside 30 feet on the way’s fi rst medal in the sport. Estonia 1 0 1 2 to clinch the javelin title at the Tokyo Japanese men (5-0) matched the ac- 18th hole for par and a 2-under 69. The top-seeded Norwegians beat Fiji 1 0 1 2 complishment of the women’s softball Mone Inami of Japan made bogey the reigning world champions 21-17, Latvia 1 0 1 2 Games. Thailand 1 0 1 2 Neeraj Chopra held a corner of the team, which upended the Americans from a plugged lie in the bunker on the 21-18 in an intermittent rain at the Sh- Bermuda 1 0 0 1 India fl ag in each hand and raised it for their second straight gold medal. 18th hole and faced a playoff against iokaze Park venue overlooking Tokyo Morocco 1 0 0 1 over his head. America, the nation that introduced Lydia Ko of New Zealand for the silver Bay. With Qatar’s victory over Latvia Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 baseball to Japan in 1872, fi nished 4-2. medal. Colombia 0 4 1 5 for the bronze earlier Saturday, all three Azerbaijan 0 3 4 7 Teams were denied access to all 40- Britain’s Joseph Chong set an Olym- countries on the podium - and all six Dominican Rep 0 3 2 5 OLYMPICS man roster players and many eligible pic record to win the men’s pentath- players - were fi rst-time medalists. Armenia 0 2 2 4 top prospects by Major League Base- lon, matching the gold medal won by Galal Yafai won Britain’s fi rst box- Kyrgyzstan 0 2 1 3 Mongolia 0 1 3 4 A half-hour later, the tri-color was ball and its clubs, hindering the U.S. Britain’s Kate French in the women’s ing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Argentina 0 1 2 3 fl ying at the top of the mast at Tokyo’s and other countries whose top players event. beating Carlo Paalam of the Philippines San Marino 0 1 2 3 are in MLB. Chong fi nished third in the event’s 4:1 in the fl yweight fi nal. Jordan 0 1 1 2 Olympic Stadium and Chopra was Nigeria 0 1 1 2 standing atop the podium. The Dominican Republic beat South swimming, fi rst in fencing, 14th in rid- Yafai, the 28-year-old younger Bahrain 0 1 0 1 A fi rst gold medal in Olympic track Korea to win bronze. ing and 15th in laser-run to set a new brother of two professional boxers from Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1 and fi eld for a nation of 1.3 billion had The U.S. won their fourth straight Olympic mark of 1,482 points. Birmingham, is a two-time Olympian Lithuania 0 1 0 1 Olympic men’s basketball gold medal, Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy won silver North Macedonia 0 1 0 1 to be cause for celebration. who had an impressive run in Tokyo. Namibia 0 1 0 1 “It feels unbelievable,” he said. holding off France 87-82. and Wonngtae Jun of South Korea won He fi nished by knocking down Paalam Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 “This is our fi rst Olympic medal for a Brazil’s Bruno Guimaraes and Spain’s Kevin Durant scored 29 points for bronze. in the fi rst round of the gold medal bout Kazakhstan 0 0 8 8 Mikel Merino battle for the ball in the Mexico 0 0 4 4 very long time, and in athletics it is the the Americans and joined Carmelo An- Britain is the fi rst country to win the and going on for a comfortable win. men’s soccer final match at the 2020 thony as the only three-time gold me- men’s and women’s individual modern Finland 0 0 2 2 fi rst time we have gold, so it’s a proud Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Ja- Ryomei Tanaka of Japan and Saken Botswana 0 0 1 1 moment for me and my country.” dalists in men’s basketball. pentathlon at the same Olympic Games. Bibossinov of Kazakhstan won bronze Burkina Faso 0 0 1 1 pan. (AP) France defeated the U.S in the teams’ Svetlana Côte d’Ivoire 0 0 1 1 India’s only previous medals in medals. Yafai beat Bibossinov in a Ghana 0 0 1 1 Olympic track and fi eld were two sil- opening game in the tournament. The Romashina thrilling semifi nal. Grenada 0 0 1 1 surged ahead as he rounded the last French almost beat them again Satur- clinched the vers won by Norman Pritchard in the curve and set an Olympic record to win Stoyka Krasteva of Bulgaria capped Kuwait 0 0 1 1 day while attempting to win their fi rst seventh gold her impressive run through the Tokyo Malaysia 0 0 1 1 200 meters and the 200-meter hurdles the 1,500 meters at the Tokyo Games. Moldova 0 0 1 1 at Paris in 1900. gold in men’s basketball. They had to medal of her Olympics with the women’s fl yweight Ingebrigtsen ran behind world cham- settle for a third silver. Olympic career Syria 0 0 1 1 Jakub Vadlejch took silver with a pion Timothy Cheruiyot for most of the boxing gold medal.