ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2021 16 Fireworks illuminate over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 23, in Tokyo. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com TAKATO CLAIMS JAPAN’S 1ST TITLE WITH JUDO WIN; SZILAGYI MAKES HISTORY Yang takes fi rst gold at Tokyo Oly Krasniqi wins Kosovo’s second-ever Olympic medal as Foroughi sets shooting record TOKYO, July 24, (AP): Yang overtook Anasta- siia Galashina of Russia to win the fi rst gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air ri- fl e Saturday. Her last shot was her worst of the fi nals but still rallied her past Galashina with an Olym- pic-record score of 251.8. Switzerland’s Nina Chris- ten took bronze. “It’s unbelievable that I can be here,” Yang said through an inter- preter. “I was really nervous. The competition was really tight, but I’m so happy that I could win.” Galashina led Yang by 0.2 points when they fi red almost simultane- ously on their last shots. The limit- ed crowd at Asaka Shooting Range let out gasps as the scores posted a split second later. OLYMPICS Yang, a 21-year-old who qualifi ed sixth of the eight medal competitors, missed the innermost circle on her fi - nal shot, a 9.8 that she fi gured would cost her gold. She looked up to see Galashina missed the two center rings. The Rus- sian’s 8.9 meant IOC President Thom- as Bach would present Yang the gold medal on a tray — per pandemic pro- tocols — instead of Galashina. Naohisa Takato won Japan’s fi rst gold medal at its home Olympics, beat- Germany’s Timm Alexander Herzbruch (12) battles for the ball against Canada’s Oliver William Scholfi eld (8) during a men’s fi eld hockey match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday in ing Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in the Tokyo, Japan. (AP) men’s 60-kilogram judo fi nal. Takato won his fi nal three bouts in vide a much-needed jolt of excitement Reigning champ Uchimura out sudden-death golden score, but took for a nation still feeling profoundly Kuwaiti rower Al-Fadhel the fi nal a bit anticlimactically after ambivalent about these Olympics and Yang committed too many fouls. discouraged by the scandals and coro- The charismatic Takato’s success in navirus setbacks surrounding them. moves into E/F semifi nals Japan’s homegrown sport could pro- An San and teenager Kim Je Deok Japan sprint to top TOKYO, July 24, (KUNA): Ku- into Sunday’s E/F semifi nals at the waiti rower Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Zim- fi nished fourth in the repechage of babwe’s Peter Purcell-Gilpin won the Men’s Single Sculls on Satur- the Repechage 3 at the Sea Forest of the leaderboard day with a time of 9:04.73, moving Waterway in Tokyo. paired up to lead South Korea to a now captured 14 of 17 gold medals in TOKYO, July 24, (AP): Kohei fi rst), you know, really (puts pressure archery team competitions since the Uchimura’s gymnastics career is on other teams),” Hashimoto said. gold medal in the Olympic debut of ar- nearly over. The Japanese star can take The party, however, will go on chery’s mixed team event at the Tokyo current format was introduced to the Olympics in 1988. solace knowing that the sport the two- without Uchimura. Competing as an Games. time Olympic champion led to glory individual on high bar — his signature On a sizzling Saturday at the Yu- What’s more, it was the 24th Olym- pic gold medal for South Korea’s ar- appears to be in good hands in his event — the 32-year-old widely con- menoshima Park Archery Field, they home country. sidered to be the greatest men’s gym- held off Gabriela Schloesser and Steve chery program, matching short track speed skating for most by the country Daiki Hashi- nast of all time fell midway through his Wijler of the Netherlands by a tally of moto topped in a particular sport. routine and will not advance to event 5-3 to bring home yet another archery Olympic qualify- Alejandra Valencia and Luis Alva- fi nals later in the Games. Kuwaiti rower Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel gold for South Korea. The country has ing on Saturday, rez combined for Mexico and knocked putting on a show off Yasemin Anagoz and Mete Gazoz inside the largely GYMNASTICS of Turkey to earn the bronze medal. Summer Olympics Medals/Medalists empty Ariake Sun Yiwen of China defeated fi ve- Gymnastics Cen- The program Uchimura led to Olym- time Olympian Ana Maria Popescu tre to help Japan pic glory, however, seems to be back in of Romania 11-10 in overtime to win sprint to the top form after ceding the spotlight to China gold in the women’s épée fencing of the leader- and Russia in recent years. Japan’s team G S B T Silver: Italy, Luigi Samele, competition. China 3 0 1 4 Bronze: South Korea, Junghwan Kim, board. Uchimura total of 262.251 was just ahead of Chi- Popescu tied the score at 10 with 3 Hashimoto’s na’s 262.061 and ROC’s 261.945. South Korea 1 0 2 3 Women’s Epee Individual seconds remaining to go to overtime, Italy 1 1 0 2 Gold: China, Yiwen Sun all-around total of 88.531 pushed Ja- The United States, Great Britain, Japan 1 1 0 2 Silver: Romania, Ana Maria Popescu but Sun soon scored the winning point pan past rivals China and ROC, as the Switzerland, Germany and Ukraine Russia 0 1 1 2 Bronze: Estonia, Katrina Lehis in the deciding period. Russian team is known, to the top spot also advanced to Monday night’s fi nal, Serbia 0 1 1 2 Sun completed her set of Olym- in qualifying. The Japanese will bid when the format switches to “three up/ Ecuador 1 0 0 1 JUDO pic medals after winning individual Monday night for an Olympic title to three count.” Teams competed four Hungary 1 0 0 1 Men — 60 kg bronze and team silver at the 2016 Rio back up the one they captured in Rio athletes on each event in qualifying, Iran 1 0 0 1 Gold: Japan, Naohisa Takato de Janeiro Games. Popescu has yet to de Janeiro fi ve years ago. with each team able to drop the lowest Kosovo 1 0 0 1 Silver: Taiwan, Yung Wei Yang win an individual gold medal at any of “Passing the qualifi cation round (in score on a given apparatus. Thailand 1 0 0 1 Bronze: Kazakhstan, Yeldos Smetov, Luka Mkheidze her fi ve Olympic appearances despite Belgium 0 1 0 1 Women — 48 kg often being among the favorites. She Taiwan 0 1 0 1 Gold: Kosovo, Distria Krasniqi won team gold in 2016. Aron Szilagyi of Hungary became claiming a gold medal in Japan’s be- India 0 1 0 1 Silver: Japan, Funa Tonaki Katrina Lehis of Estonia took the the fi rst Olympic fencer to win three in- loved, homegrown martial art. Her Netherlands 0 1 0 1 Bronze: Ukraine, Daria Bilodid, Urantsetseg Munkh- bronze by beating Russian fencer dividual sabre gold medals after beating success would have provided a much- Romania 0 1 0 1 bat Aizanat Murtazaeva 15-8. Luigi Samele 15-7 in the men’s fi nal. needed jolt of positivity for a nation Spain 0 1 0 1 Szilagyi used his fast refl exes to still feeling profoundly ambivalent Tunisia 0 1 0 1 SHOOTING build an early 7-1 lead and held off a about these Olympics and discouraged Estonia 0 0 1 1 10m Air Pistol Men brief comeback from his Italian oppo- by the scandals and coronavirus set- France 0 0 1 1 nent before closing out the win. backs surrounding them. Indonesia 0 0 1 1 Gold: Iran, Javad Foroughi Israel 0 0 1 1 Silver: Serbia, Damir Mikec, Szilagyi won gold at the 2012 Lon- Javad Foroughi has become the old- Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 Bronze: China, Wei Pang, don Games and the 2016 Rio de Ja- est Iranian athlete to win an Olympic Mexico 0 0 1 1 10m Air Rifl e Women neiro Games. medal, earning gold in men’s 10-meter Mongolia 0 0 1 1 Gold: China, Qian Yang Samele reached the fi nal after a re- air pistol. Slovenia 0 0 1 1 Silver: Russia, Anastasiia Galashina, markable win in the semifi nals. He Foroughi set an Olympic record Switzerland 0 0 1 1 Bronze: Switzerland, Nina Christen came back from 12-6 down to beat with 244.8 points, fi nishing 6.9 ahead Ukraine 0 0 1 1 TAEKWONDO Kim Junghwan of South Korea 15-12. of silver medalist Damir Mikec of Ser- Kim took bronze with a 15-11 win bia. China’s Pang Wei, the 2008 gold Medalists Men — 58kg over Sandro Bazadze of Georgia. medalist, took bronze. Gold: Italy, Vito Dell’aquila Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo beat The 41-year-old Foroughi surpasses ARCHERY Silver: Tunisia, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi Mixed Team Funa Tonaki in the women’s 48-kilo- Iranian weightlifter Mahmoud Namd- Gold: South Korea, Je Deok Kim, San An Bronze: South Korea, Jun Jang, Mikhail Artamonov gram Olympic judo fi nal, depriving jou, who was 38 when he took bronze Silver: Netherlands, Steve Wijler, Gabriela Schloesser Women — 49kg host Japan of its fi rst gold medal in its at the 1956 Melbourne Games.