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Cyclist Richard Carapaz HE President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Sheikh Joaan bin claimed just a second-ever Hamad Al Thani met in Tokyo with HE President of the Kuwait Olympic Olympic gold medal for Ecua- Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Al Sabah on Saturday on their visit dor on Saturday with a stun- to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The meeting reviewed ning victory in the men’s road aspects of sports cooperation and ways to support and develop them. race at the Tokyo Games. The meeting was attended by HE Secretary-General of Qatar Olympic The 28-year-old combined Committee Jassim Rashid Al Buenain and HE Ambassador of the with American Brendon Mc- State of Qatar to Hassan bin Mohammed Al Emadi. Nulty to break clear from the leading group with 24 kilome- tres to go and began a decisive solo run to gold with 6km left. Qatar’s lifter Ibrahim, swimmer Al Obaidly join team in Tokyo My country will be over the moon right now. It’s a very special moment for us. Richard Carapaz of Ecuador

McNulty faded and was hauled in by the pack who fought for silver and bronze with Belgium’s Wout van Aert crossing a fraction ahead of Slovenian Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar 67 seconds behind the winner. Carapaz, a former Giro d’Italia winner who took third- 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 at place in the Tour earlier this the Fuji International Speedway in Oyama, Japan, on Saturday. (AFP) month, won in an epic 6 hours 5 minutes and 26 seconds over Medals in the final to take the gold. 234km around Mount Fuji be- Mexico beat Turkey 6-2 in fore coasting to victory on the Tally the bronze medal match at Yu- Qatar’s weightlifter Fares Ibrahim (right) and swimmer Abdulaziz Al Fuji Speedway, a former For- menoshima Park Archery Field. Obaidly arrived at the Olympic Village to join Team Qatar in Tokyo on mula One race track. Country G S B T “I dreamed about the gold med- Saturday. Fares will be participating in the men’s 96kg event on July Carapaz’s medal is just China 3 0 1 4 al and good results,” Kim said. 31st. He underwent extensive preparations for Olympics and recently the third for Ecuador in their “Our coach told us not to lose returned to Doha from a training camp in Georgia that lasted for Olympic history and first gold 1 1 0 2 focus after we lost the first set.” months. Al Obaidly, 19, also shone in FINA World Cup events and has since race walker Jefferson Japan 1 1 0 2 have dominated been dominating the GCC Championships. He will compete in men’s Perez won the men’s 20km S Korea 1 0 2 3 the sport since it returned to 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 27. race walk at Atalanta 1996. Ecuador 1 0 0 1 the Olympics after more than “My country will be over 1 0 0 1 50 years in 1972, with now 24 the moon right now,” said golds from 41 events contested. Iran 1 0 0 1 Carapaz. “It’s a very special moment for us.” Kosovo 1 0 0 1 Historic third sabre gold Lighting Olympic Racing in 32 degree heat 1 0 0 1 for Hungary’s Szilagyi and with 5,000m of climbs, an ROC 0 1 1 2 Hungary’s Aron Szilagyi be- optimistic breakaway claimed a came the first male fencer to cauldron greatest 20-minute lead to the peloton win three individual Olympic as various riders took their mo- South Korea’s An San (R) and Kim Je-doek react while competing in The 21-year-old student, golds in the same event when ment in the sun. the mixed team quarter-finals during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games already an Asian Games he topped the sabre compe- honour: Osaka Most, well short of the at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on Saturday. (AFP) champion, prevailed in the tition at the Tokyo Games world tour level of those pur- final with an Olympic record on Saturday. nounced on short notice that suing them, were among the McNulty who put some seri- “It’s beautiful, but I came score of 251.8. her first round match against 41 who failed to finish, a group ous distance between them- here to win of course,” said Russian Anastasiia Galashi- China’s Zheng Saisai would be which also included British for- selves and the leading pack, Van Aert. “Carapaz stayed na, competing as a neutral ath- moved to Sunday. mer Tour de France winner Ge- more than 40 seconds at one ahead very well. We knew he lete given her country’s dop- It turned out that the Jap- raint Thomas after yet another point but with this gap cut to would be very, very strong, ing ban, came second on 251.1 anese star was chosen for the crash, this time with team-mate around 10 seconds with 12km and he deserved the win.” while Switzerland’s Nina Chris- biggest honour of completing Tao Geoghegan Hart. left, the Ecuardian gold was McNulty eventually fin- ten won bronze with 230.6. the torch relay, and while the “All good with me,” he later far from guaranteed. ished sixth behind the Neth- “It’s unbelievable that I stadium was empty billions tweeted and joked he had done “Of course I had doubts, erlands’ Bauke Mollema, who can be here, said a delighted watched her via television as “something bad in a previous there were strong riders behind narrowly missed the medals in Yang, who did not initially re- she lit the cauldron. life”. Freak crash, Tao lost his who could have attacked but in the sprint, and Canada’s Mi- alize she had won. “I was really “Undoubtedly the greatest front wheel and decked it in the end the 30 seconds was all I chael Woods in fifth. nervous. The competition was athletic achievement and hon- front of me. I had nowhere to needed,” said Carapaz. really tight, but I’m so happy our I will ever have in my life,” go, other than the floor as well.” As the pack began to think China’s Yang wins that I could win. Osaka said later on Instagram. The first serious probe of their own individual medal first Tokyo gold “I didn’t care so much about Gold medallist Hungary’s Aron “I have no words to de- was made by Pogacar with hopes - and fearing the sprint The first gold medal of the the points. I just wanted to fix Szilagyi celebrates during the med- scribe the feelings I have right 37km remaining but, perhaps pace of Van Aert - they failed to Tokyo Olympic Games was myself and fix my mood dur- al ceremony for the men’s sabre now but I do know I am cur- drained from defending his form a coherent chasing group awarded to Qian Yang of ing the competition.” A sec- individual at the Makuhari Messe rently filled with gratefulness title in France, he lacked the to let Carapaz steam clear with China in the women’s 10-me- ond medal is awarded at the Hall in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, and thankfulness.” World conviction to get away. enough time to relish his suc- tre air rifle event on Saturday Asaka shooting range on Friday Japan, on Saturday. (AFP) Japanese tennis player Naomi number two Osaka is return- Instead it was Carapaz and cess crossing the line. morning. with the men’s 10m air pistol. Osaka poses after lighting the ing to tennis at her home Iran’s Java Foroughi won Szilagyi, 31, beat Italian Olympic Cauldron with the Games after withdrawing from the second shooting gold of the Luigi Samele 15-7 in the final Olympic flame during the open- the French Open and not play- Games in the men’s 10m air to add gold to those from Lon- ing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 ing Wimbledon and stating Tala Abujbara aims for classification pistol with an Olympic record don 2012 and Rio 2016. Olympic Games, at the Olympic mental health problems. 244.8 points. Serbia’s Damir On the women’s side Ital- Stadium, in Tokyo, on Friday. (AFP) Osaka was born in Ja- Mikec took silver on 237.9 and ian Valentina Vezzali had won pan but moved to the United bronze went to another Chi- three foil golds 2000, 2004 DPA States at the age of three. Her nese, Wei Pang, on 217.6. and 2008. Tokyo mother is Japanese and her fa- Thirteen more shooting “It is really hard to believe ther from Haiti. events take place in Tokyo that I became a three-time Naomi Osaka was supposed “The most important thing concluding August 2. Olympic champion. It is amaz- to have played the first tennis was to deliver a message of ing, I can’t even tell you my match of the Tokyo Olympics diversity and inclusion,” open- South Korea win inaugural feelings, but I am pretty much on centre court on Saturday ing ceremony executive pro- mixed archery gold overwhelmed,” the winner said. but the match was pushed ducer Takayuki Hioki said. South Korea started the quest The day’s other gold, in back because she was chosen “In the end we decided on for a second straight sweep of women’s epee, went to China’s for “the greatest honour I will her because she is a great ath- all Olympic archery gold med- Sun Yiwen who edged Ana ever have”: lighting the Olym- lete and she has been deliver- als with victory in the inaugu- Maria Popescu of Romania 11- pic cauldron. ing a variety of messages so Qatar’s woman rower Tala Abujbara who was in action on Saturday for a second consecutive day finished ral mixed team event. 10 to top the podium for the Speculation that the we thought she was the best third in women’s single sculls (repechages) with a time of 8:16.88 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. An San, 20, and her first time after team silver and 23-year-old winner of four person to be the final torch- She failed to qualify for the quarter-finals but will be in action on Sunday in the Semi-final E/F, which is 17-year-old partner Kim Je individual bronze in 2016. grand slam titles would have a bearer. It was a decision that a classification race. Meanwhile, Qatar’s Ayoub Al Idrisi will make history on Sunday by becoming the first Deok beat the Dutch pair of “I am very happy, after role in the opening ceremony the whole organizing commit- Qatari judoka to feature in Olympics. The judo competition will be held at Nippon Budokan Complex and Gabriela Schloesser and Steve waiting five years I finally got started as soon as it was an- tee came to.” Al Idrisi will compete in the U-66kg category. Wijler 5-3 from one set down the gold medal,” Sun said.