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Tokyo Olympics Photo: SOK
China retains first place in the medals table with five medals won at the Tokyo Olympics, and Lithuania joins the ranks of the medalists on Friday.
On Friday, Shijin Liu won the javelin throwing and the men’s team won gold in table tennis, while the silver medal was won in Xiaoyang Yin’s karate kumite competition up to 61 kilograms and Qianju Pan in the free weight category up to 53 kilograms, and Hona Liu won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometers. Thus, China already has 79 medals – 36 gold, 26 silver and 17 bronze.
The number of US medals in second place is already approaching one hundred. American athletes have won 31 gold medals, 36 silver and 31 bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics. On Friday, beach volleyball players Eprilos Rosa / Aliks Klainmens and Gables Dave Stevons triumphed in the free fight in the weight category up to 125 kilograms, the silver medal was won by the athletes in the 4 × 100 meter relay, and the bronze medal was won by the footballers, Naked Douglas Deik Torress-Gutjerress in the “kata” competition.
Japan has won 51 medals at the Olympics, of which 24 are gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze. On Friday, karateist Rjo Kyun won the title of Olympic champion in the “kata” competition and freestyle wrestler Maya Mukaida in the weight category up to 53 kilograms, silver medal – Miho Nonakai in sports climbing, and bronze – Akijo Noguchi in sports climbing and men’s table tennis team.
Britain has regained fourth place – it has 58 medals in its cage, of which 18 are gold and 20 are silver and bronze medals, while the team of the Russian Olympic Committee with 62 medals, of which 17 are gold forged, 23 silver and 22 bronze – has retained the fifth place.
Australian athletes won three medals on Friday and the country with 44 medals – 17 gold, six silver and 21 bronze – has retired to sixth place.
Italy has ten gold and silver medals, as well as 18 bronze awards, while Germany has nine gold medals, as well as 11 silver and 16 bronze medals. The Netherlands also has nine gold medals, as well as ten silver and 12 bronze awards. The top ten of the medal table is closed by France with seven gold medals, 11 silver and nine bronze medals.
New Zealand has seven gold medals, as well as six silver and bronze medals, and Canada, South Korea and Cuba have six gold medals, among others. Hungary has five gold awards, while Brazil, Poland, the Czech Republic and Jamaica have four gold medals.
Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Belgium and Slovenia have three gold medals, while two gold medals have been won by athletes from Sweden, Georgia, Taiwan, Denmark, Iran, Kenya, Norway, Serbia, Uganda, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, Greece, the Bahamas, Kosovo. and Qatar. Latvia with one gold and one bronze medal ranks 57th-60th, which is shared with Estonia, Fiji and Thailand.
On Tuesday, Artūrs Plēsnieks won a bronze medal in the weightlifting competition in the weight category up to 109 kilograms, but 3 × 3 basketball players won gold for Latvia on July 28, with a skewer, but won a bronze medal on July 24 in Lehis’ individual fencing competition with a skewer.
Laura Asadauskaite won silver in the modern pentathlon on Friday, which is the first medal for Lithuania at the Tokyo Olympics. Thus, Lithuania ranks 75th-78th in the table of shares, which is shared with Northern Macedonia, Namibia and Turkmenistan.
In total, 89 national teams have already won at least one medal at these Olympic Games. The Olympic Games take place from July 23 to August 8. After the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games will take place in Tokyo from August 24 to September 5.
