Tokyo Olympic Games Medals Photo: AP
China has overtaken the United States in terms of the number of medals won at the Tokyo Olympics, and still holds the lead in the medals table.
Chinese athletes have won 46 medals in Tokyo – 21 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze awards. On Saturday, the Chinese team triumphed in the weightlifting class in the weight class up to 81 kilograms and Yongsiu Lu in windsurfing in the RS: X class, Duns Duns also won silver medals on Saturday in the trampoline, badminton men’s duo and team in the 4 × 100 meters RS: X class men won Kun Bi.
Japan ranks second with 30 medals. The hosts received 17 gold medals, five silver and eight gold medals. On Saturday, the Japanese won a silver medal in the mixed team judo competition, while archer Takaharu Furukava won bronze. The United States, like China, has 46 medals, but with 16 gold, 17 silver and 13 bronze medals, it ranks 3rd overall. On Saturday, Keileb Dresell triumphed in the 100-meter butterfly style and Kathleen Ledek won the 800-meter sprint, silver was won by the triathlon mixed relay team, and bronze medals – in the 4 × 400-meter mixed relay and mixed doubles competition on the trench stand.
The team of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR) has 37 medals – 11 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze. Australia has 27 medals – ten gold, three silver and 14 bronze, while Britain has eight gold, nine silver and 11 bronze awards. South Korea has five gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals.
France, the Netherlands and New Zealand each have four gold medals, while Germany, Canada, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Croatia each have three gold medals. Italy, Taiwan, Hungary, Slovenia and Kosovo have won two gold medals. Estonia shares 36-39th place with Fiji, Ireland and Uzbekistan. All three countries have one gold medal and one bronze medal. Gold for Estonia was won on July 27 by the team of fencers – Julia Belayeva, Katrina Lehisa, Erik Kirpu and reservist Irina Embriha – in a team competition with a twine, but a bronze medal was won on July 24 in a competition with a fencing with a twine.
In turn, after the triumph of 3 × 3 basketball players with one gold medal, Latvia shares the 40th-49th place. In total, 76 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.
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