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China Win Women's 10M Synchro Diving Duffy earns Bermuda’s 1st gold Bermuda has been sending athletes to the the smallest contingent Bermuda has ever Olympics since 1936. Until Tuesday, the At- sent to the Summer Games. lantic island’s highest honor was a bronze Bermuda hadn’t medaled at the Olympics Gold medalist Flora Duffy medal won 45 years ago. since Clarence Hill’s bronze in heavyweight of Bermuda celebrates Flora Duffy changed that in just under boxing in Montreal in 1976. after winning the women’s two hours, swimming, cycling and running Duffy, 33, had never fi nished higher than individual triathlon compe- tition at the 2020 Summer through the wind and rain around Tokyo eighth in her previous three Olympic tries. Olympics, on July 27, in Bay to win the Olympic women’s triathlon But the two-time former world triathlon se- Tokyo, Japan. (AP) for Bermuda’s fi rst gold medal. ries champion was one of the favorites for A self-governing British overseas territory gold and was among the leaders Tuesday with a population under 65,000, Bermuda for the entire race. She closed out the vic- has only two athletes competing in Tokyo: tory with a dominant fi nal leg to fi nish in 1 Duffy and men’s rower Dara Alizadeh. It is hour, 55:36 minutes. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 Page 15 China win women’s 10m synchro diving Olympic Medalists Argentina advance BASEBALL/SOFTBALL Fiji & Britain GOLD: Japan (Yukiyo Mine, Saki Yamaza- ki, Yuka Ichiguchi, Yu Yamamoto, Nodoka Harada, Sayaka Mori, Hitomi Kawabata, Eri Yamada, Mana Atsumi, Minori Naito, Yamato reach semis Fujita, Yukiko Ueno, Nayu Kiyohara, Haruka Agatsuma, Miu Goto) TOKYO, July 27, (AP): The Olym- SILVER: United States (Aubree Munro, Ali pic rugby sevens podium will feature Aguilar, Ally Carda, Amanda Chidester, Kel- at least one new team in Tokyo after sey Stewart, Haylie Mc Cleney, Janie Reed, Argentina upset 2016 bronze medalist Monica Abbott, Michelle Moultrie, Valerie South Africa in the quarterfi nals Tues- Arioto, Rachel Garcia, Dejah Mulipola, Cat day immediately after silver medalist Osterman, Bubba Nickles, Delaney Spaulding) Britain rallied from a 21-point defi cit BRONZE: Canada (Kelsey Harshman, Na- to edge the United States. talie Wideman, Erika Polidori, Joey Lye, Jenn Defending champion Fiji capped Salling, Victoria Hayward, Janet Leung, Dan- Day 2 of competition with a 19-0 win ielle Lawrie, Sara Groenewegen, Emma En- over Australia to continue its unbeat- tzminger, Jen Gilbert, Larissa Franklin, Jenna en run in Olympic competition since Caira, Lauren Regula, Kaleigh Rafter) rugby sevens made its debut in Rio de CANOE SLALOM Janeiro. Women’s Kayak The Fijians will next play Argen- GOLD: Ricarda Funk, Germany tina, which rebounded to beat South SILVER: Maialen Chourraut, Spain Africa 19-14, and Britain will have to BRONZE: Jessica Fox, Australia contend with top-ranked New Zealand. DIVING “We are suffering a lot with the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform pandemic right now and that’s what GOLD: China (Yuxi Chen, Jiaqi Zhang) matters to us,” Fiji captain Jerry Tu- SILVER: United States (Delaney Schnell, Jes- wai said. “As the world knows, rugby sica Parratto) is the national sport of Fiji. Defending BRONZE: Mexico (Alejandra Orozco Loza, Left to right: Silver medals Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell of the United States, golden medalists Yuxi Chen and Jiaqi Zhang of China the gold would be something else - I Gabriela Agundez Garcia) and bronze medalists Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Orozco Loza of Mexico pose for a photo after the women’s synchronized 10m think we would forget about the pan- FENCING platform diving fi nal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 27, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) demic. Women’s Épée Team GOLD: Estonia (Julia Beljajeva, Katrina Russia bounce back to beat Argentina Lehis, Erika Kirpu, Irina Embrich) US earn silver RUGBY SILVER: South Korea (Injeong Choi, Hyein Lee, Young Mi Kang, Sera Song) BRONZE: Italy (Federica Isola, Rossella Fi- TOKYO, July 27, (AP): “Everyone would be shouting and amingo, Mara Navarria, Alberta Santuccio) US women hand China 2nd straight loss happy. But we have a big task ahead. China won another gold Our focus is on Argentina in the semi- ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS medal in Olympic diving. TOKYO, July 27, (AP): The expected Olympic show- damage in this tournament.” fi nal at the moment.” Women’s Team down between the top two women’s volleyball teams The biggest question for China now is the health of The All Blacks sevens team was GOLD: ROC (Liliia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi won the women’s 10-meter synchro- in the world turned out to be a one-sided affair. star Zhu Ting. She was subbed out twice in the open- eliminated in the quarterfi nals in Rio Listunova, Angelina Melnikova, Vladislava The U.S. women swept defending gold medalist ing match because of a right wrist injury, the only Urazova) nized platform on Tuesday, giving and is desperate to make amends in SILVER: United States (Simone Biles, Jordan China 29-27, 25-22, 25-21 on Tuesday in a pool-play time Kiraly said he could ever remember the MVP in the medal rounds on Wednesday. the diving powerhouse its second match that left the Americans at the top of Pool B and Rio being a “non-factor” in a match. The New Zealanders rebounded from Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Grace Mc Callum) gold of the Tokyo Games. BRONZE: Britain (Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica the Chinese seeking to win their fi rst set of the tourna- She played the entire match on Tuesday with tape a comeback win over Australia that Chen and Zhang totaled 363.78 ment after two straight sweeps to open the Games. on her wrist and led China with 18 points, but it wasn’t earned them fi rst place in their group Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan) points over fi ve rounds. They received JUDO “When we play them, it’s always a great competi- nearly enough to overcome an American attack led by to score the fi rst 21 points in a 21-10 two perfect 10s for execution on their win over Canada in the quarterfi nals. Men - 81 kg second dive. Jessica Parratto and Dela- tion,” U.S. captain Jordan Larson said. “But ultimate- fi rst-time Olympian Jordan Thompson. GOLD: Takanori Nagase, Japan ney Schnell of the U.S. took silver in ly, I thought we controlled what we could on our side “Today she was much more back to what you The U.S. scored the fi rst 21 points SILVER: Saeid Mollaei, Mongolia just their second competition as a pair. of the net. I think it put them in a lot of trouble. Really might expect Zhu Ting to be,” Kiraly said. “I wish her with Danny Barrett getting the open- BRONZE: Shamil Borchashvili, Austria They totaled 310.80. proud of our team for imposing ourselves on them. the best of health, but I don’t know how her health is. ing try and Perry Baker touching down BRONZE: Matthias Casse, Belgium Schnell was the bronze medalist in But we know that the history of China and how they We can’t really worry about that. We just have to set twice against Britain, and appeared Women - 63 kg individual platform at the world cham- were in Rio, you just never know what could come.” up our game plan and be ready for all the great offense ready to enter the medal round but GOLD: Clarisse Agbegnenou, France pionships in 2019. Parratto was seventh China was also swept by Turkey in the opener but that she can bring at us, along with the other phases conceded four straight tries to lose 26- SILVER: Tina Trstenjak, Slovenia in the same event fi ve years ago in Rio. showed fi ve years ago in Rio de Janeiro how little the of her game. She’s the bedrock of that team. She’s the 21. BRONZE: Maria Centracchio, Italy Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Ale- pool-play matches can mean after losing three of fi ve reason why they won fi ve years ago in Rio. Without Britain lost to Fiji earlier Tuesday to BRONZE: Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, jandra Orozco Loza of Mexico earned of them before rallying to win gold. her, I don’t see how they win a gold medal. But with fi nish second in Pool B and, for at least Canada bronze at 299.70. That’s similar to what happened in London in 2012 her, they are always capable of winning.” half of the quarterfi nal match, was on CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE the verge of another defeat. Women’s Cross-country when Brazil fi nished fourth in its pool before winning The Americans are seeking their fi rst gold medal in gold, as U.S. coach Karch Kiraly was quick to point the sport after winning bronze in 2016 and silver in “Pretty unreal when you’re down GOLD: Jolanda Neff, Switzerland DIVING like that,” British player Robbie Fer- SILVER: Sina Frei, Switzerland out. the two previous Games. “It’s not unusual for a team to struggle in prelimi- gusson said. “We could have been BRONZE: Linda Indergand, Switzerland down and out at halftime, but the score China was comfortably in fi rst place nary and then catch fi re with a key win in the quar- SHOOTING going into the fi nal round. VOLLEYBALL before halftime and resilience in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team The second-place Americans led Ja- terfi nals,” he said. “I wouldn’t count China out at second half is what we’re all about.
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