Zhu Xueying led a China one-two on the women’s trampoline at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, as Canada’s Rosie MacLennan was denied a golden hat-trick.
Zhu grabbed gold with a score of 56.635 with compatriot Lui Lingling, the 2014 world champion, just .285 behind to snatch silver.
Hockey-Spain march into men’s quarter-finals, India’s women win
Spain reached the quarter-finals of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament on Friday after scoring a last-minute equaliser against group winners Australia, which gave them the draw they needed to advance.
India’s women’s team also celebrated a late-game goal which gave them a 1-0 victory over Ireland, keeping the South Asian nation’s Olympic dreams alive.
South Africa’s men’s team failed to make it through their group after a 4-4 draw against Canada, which had already been eliminated. The draw meant Germany’s men will advance to the knockout stages.
Swimming-McKeon over the moon after winning first individual gold
Emma McKeon gasped with excitement after winning gold in the Olympic women’s 100m freestyle on Friday as Australia’s women continued their golden run with a fifth title in the Tokyo pool.
McKeon, who had already bagged gold in the 4×100 freestyle relay and bronzes in the 100 butterfly and 4×200 relay, said having the gold medal around her neck was what she came for.
Shooting-Russian Batsarashkina wins women’s 25m pistol gold
Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina won the gold medal in the women’s 25-metre pistol event at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
Kim Min-jung of South Korea won the silver, while China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan claimed the bronze.
Cycling-BMX Queen Pajon cedes gold, looks to track cycling for Paris
Colombian Mariana Pajon’s long reign as queen of women’s BMX racing came to an end on Friday when she ceded her place to Britain’s Bethany Shriever, but the Medellin native said she had a new goal in mind for Paris: track cycling.
Pajon, who won titles in London and Rio, trailed Shriever throughout a superb final and closed the gap down the final straight but lost by a wheel.
Irish flagbearer celebrates rowing gold
Boxing world champion Kellie Ann Harrington said Ireland was punching above its weight at the Tokyo Games and hailed the performance of the country’s rowers after they won a first Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Flagbearer Harrington, who won her opening bout in the lightweight preliminaries on Friday, said the Irish team were out in force to celebrate Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy’s win in the lightweight men’s double sculls on Thursday.
Badminton-Japan bags mixed doubles bronze; China’s streak of wins continues
Japan won its first-ever mixed-doubles bronze medal on Friday when Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who have played together for a decade, took out Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet 21-17 23-21 in a tight match.
Exhausted, the Japanese shuttlers both said there were times they wanted to throw in the towel.
Judo-France’s Riner suffers shock defeat in hunt for 3rd straight judo gold
French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner suffered a shock defeat on Friday, losing to Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men’s judo +100 kg division and bowing out from the gold medal race in the quarter-finals.
The 32-year-old double Olympic champion, one of the biggest names in the sport, was aiming for a third consecutive gold to match a record held by Japanese great Tadahiro Nomura.
Fencing-Underdogs Japan beat South Korea to secure medal in men’s team epee
World number eight Japan secured an Olympic medal with victory over South Korea in the semifinals of the men’s team epee event on Friday, after the top four teams crashed out of the quarterfinals.
France, Italy, Ukraine, and Switzerland all failed to reach the semifinals, marking the first time since the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 when none of the top four secure a medal.
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