Tokyo Olympics: From shock exit of Ashleigh Barty to South Korean ladies profitable ninth straight gold in archery

Surprise wins and misses dominated the Olympic storyline on Sunday as new champions from unlikely nations joined conventional powerhouses atop medal podiums and stars faltered.

South Korea’s dominance in archeryA contingent led by An San captured South Korea’s ninth straight ladies’s archery staff gold medal on the Tokyo Games. The nation hasn’t misplaced for the reason that ladies’s staff occasion was added to the Olympic program on the 1988 Seoul Games.Barty knocked out in opening sphericalWorld No 1 tennis participant Ash Barty spun out of the primary spherical with a dismal defeat to forty eighth ranked Sara Sorribes Tormo. Great Britain’s Andy Murray withdrew with an harm earlier than he began. Ash Barty in actionGolfing world primary John Rahm and world quantity six Bryson DeChambeau each examined constructive for Covid-19 earlier than their departure for the Games.Pool of goals for Ahmed HafnaouiTunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui not solely surprised swimming superpowers together with his gold medal efficiency within the 400m freestyle – he did not fairly consider the consequence himself. Australia’s Jack McLoughlin settled for silver after main a lot of the race, and Kieran Smith grabbed one other Olympic medal for the Americans. Ahmed Hafnaoui, of Tunisia, celebrates after profitable the ultimate of the lads’s 400-meter freestyleFrance beat USA in basketballThe US basketball staff fell to France 83-76 on Sunday because the Americans suffered their first defeat since 2004 on the Olympics.The French had upset the US males after they final met within the 2019 FIBA World Cup quarter-finals they usually had their quantity once more on the primary day of group play on the Saitama Super Arena, powered by a game-high 28 factors from Evan Fournier.Gold rush for Japanese siblings Uta Abe gained Japan’s second judo gold medal, beating France’s Amandine Buchard by ippon within the ladies’s 52-kilogram last on the Budokan. Gold medalist Uta Abe of Japan stands through the medal ceremony for ladies’s -52kg judoHifumi Abe has gained Japan’s third judo gold medal at its residence Olympics with an ippon victory over Georgia’s Vazha Margvelashvili. Hifumi Abe triumphed in males’s 66 kilograms.Horigome wins skateboarding goldThe host nation bagged skateboarding’s first gold medal courtesy of Yuto Horigome. Gold medalist Uta Abe of Japan stands through the medal ceremony for ladies’s -52kg judoYuto Horigome gained the first-ever skateboarding competitors on the Olympic Games, taking gold in males’s avenue within the metropolis the place he discovered to skate as a child and the place his sport is commonly frowned upon.Mistaken CelebrationWhen Annemiek Van Vleuten crossed the road along with her arms within the air on the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman thought she had gained the ladies’s Olympic highway race.Only a couple of moments later, nevertheless, an emotional Van Vleuten realised she had completed second behind Austrian Anna Keisenhofer by a wholesome margin of 1 minute and 15 seconds.New pool file in ladies’s 4x100M freestyle relayAustralia has set the primary swimming world file of the Tokyo Games within the ladies’s 4x-100-meter freestyle relay. The Aussies touched in 3 minutes, 29.69 seconds, breaking the mark 3:30.05 that they set in 2018. The profitable staff included sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, who took the lead and anchor legs. They have been joined by Meg Harris and Emma McKeon.Redemption for China’s weightlifter Chen LijunChen Lijun saved China’s good file in weightlifting intact with a victory within the males’s 67-kilogram class. Chen’s victory comes 5 years after cramps compelled him out of the competitors on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Chen Lijun of China celebrates after profitable the gold medal and setting an Olympic file within the males’s 67kg weightlifting occasion (Courtesy: AP)Chen lifted 187 kilograms within the clear and jerk for a complete 332 kilograms to beat Luis Javier Mosquera of Colombia by one kilogram. Chen was within the place of both profitable gold or ending off the rostrum after rising weight to beat Mosquera.China has gained all three weightlifting gold medals up to now in Tokyo.