Новости за 24.07.2021

TOKYO: China claimed three gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics yesterday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race. As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China […]

TOKYO: Syria’s Hend Zaza — the youngest athlete at the Tokyo Olympics at just 12 — said just reaching the Games was “an achievement” despite bowing out in the preliminary round yesterday. Zaza, who shot to fame overnight in her war-torn country last year by qualifying for Tokyo, lost to Austria’s Liu Jia 11-4, 11-9, […]

TOKYO: Kuwaiti rower Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel finished fourth in the repechage of the Men’s Single Sculls yesterday with a time of 9:04.73, moving into today’s E/F semifinals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Zimbabwe’s Peter Purcell-Gilpin won the Repechage 3 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers had brought forward rowing events as […]

TOKYO: Japanese gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura crashed out of the Tokyo Games on day one yesterday when he was eliminated from the horizontal bar competition to dash his dream of ending his decorated career with a fourth Olympic gold. The all-around 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, who was due to retire after the Games, lost […]

TOKYO: Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev called on organizers to delay the start times of Olympic tennis matches as players labored in the sweltering Tokyo summer heat on the opening day of the tournament. World number one Djokovic encountered little resistance from Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien in a 6-2, 6-2 first round win, but like many […]

LONDON: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a new-three year deal, the Premier League club announced yesterday. The Norwegian, who took over from Jose Mourinho in 2018, will stay at Old Trafford until at least 2024, with the option of an extra year. “Everyone knows the feeling I have for this club, and […]