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Teenager Kim inspires South Korea to men's team gold as nation continues archery dominance

  • Archery

South Korea's dominance of the archery events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games continued as its men's team of three delivered a masterclass with the bow and arrows to overcome Chinese Taipei in today's final.

elimination match against Australia via a shoot-off point earlier in the day, then proved too strong for China

the event at Athens 2004, while Japan saw off The Netherlands to clinch bronze.Chinese Taipei beat China



ROC edge out Japan to clinch men's team artistic gymnastics title at Tokyo 2020

  • Gymnastics

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) held their nerve to dethrone defending champions Japan and claim one of the neutral team's most sought-after gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in a thrilling artistic gymnastics men's team final here tonight.

victory in an artistic gymnastics team final since the perfect 10 system was thrown out after Athens 2004.China

Lin Chaopan's error in the first rotation proved costly for 2018 world champions China, who were forced



Daley and Lee take advantage of Chinese error to win superb diving gold at Tokyo 2020

  • Diving

Tom Daley and Matty Lee of Britain took advantage of a rare Chinese diving error to claim a superb gold in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform final at Tokyo 2020.

consistent diving was enough to give them the title.Their back 3½ somersaults piked in round four, when China

tucked - the hardest dive they attempted in the competition.Daley and Lee faced an anxious wait when China

to win gold ©Getty ImagesIt was not enough to claw back the gold as Britain finished on 471.81 and China

 Yuan Cao and Aisen Chen of China top scored in every round except one, which ultimately cost them

 Yuan rued the mistake which ultimately cost China gold.


Batsarashkina's genes help provide platform for Olympic gold medal performance

  • Shooting

Vitalina Batsarashkina thanked the influence of her grandfathers after winning the Russian Olympic Committee's first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 yesterday. 

medal in the women's 10m air rifle.She narrowly missed out on victory by 0.7 points to Qian Yanq of China

Logunova and sisters Olga and Evgenia Frolkina defeated the home team 21-18.The female quartet then held China


Titmus stuns Ledecky as Peaty wins Britain's first gold at Tokyo 2020

  • Swimming

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus came from behind to snatch victory from five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in an epic women’s 400 metres freestyle final, while Britain’s Adam Peaty retained his men’s 100m breaststroke title on a thrilling morning of swimming finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here today.

off Ledecky in the closing stages to clinch gold.Ledecky came home in 3:57.36, while Bingjie Li of China

medal of this year’s Olympics having earned silver in the 4x100m freestyle yesterday.Yufei Zhang of China



US Government agency ramps up pressure on IOC and TOP sponsors over Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) in the United States has ramped up pressure on

letter to IOC President Thomas Bach calling on him to first postpone and then relocate the Games if China

Beijing 2022 and say the organisation remains neutral on political issues.Critics argue that allowing China

sponsors based in the US invited to discuss how they can help press for human rights improvements in China

 It follows a joint hearing with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, "China, Genocide and the







Batsarashkina becomes first ROC gold medallist

  • Shooting

Vitalina Batsarashkina carved herself a small piece of history as the first gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 for Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

William Shaner won the gold in the 10 metre pistol at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ©Getty ImagesSheng Lihao of China