India won the Olympic track and field gold medal for the first time | Athletics News

At the end of the Tokyo Olympic track and field competition, the javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the first Olympic track and field gold medal for his country, thus entering the history of India.

“It feels unbelievable,” Chopra said on Saturday, as his ecstatic teammates and coach watched from the stands without fans because of COVID-19 restrictions. The 23-year-old athlete won the track and field gold medal with a second throw of 87.58 meters.

It ended India’s 121-year wait for gold medals in track and field. The previous best result was the two silver medals won at the 1900 Paris Olympics.

“This is our first Olympic medal in a long time. In track and field, this is the first time we have won a gold medal. So for me and my country, this is a proud moment,” he Added.

On an exciting last night, Dutch long-distance runner Sévan Hassan completed an incredible double crown with 10,000 and 5,000 m victories, while American star Alison Felix achieved a record The relay race kicked off her 17-year Olympic career. Gold.

Twenty-four hours ago, Hassan won the bronze medal in the 1,500-meter final as part of his bold fight for the Olympic Triple Crown. The athlete participated in 5 days of the 9-day track and field event and ran more than 61 laps on the way to winning three medals.

Hassan said: “I am very grateful, I don’t think I can be better than this.” “At the award ceremony, I was thinking:’Everything is over. Now you can sleep!'”

In the 10,000 meters, Hassan won the gold medal in 29 minutes and 55.32 seconds. Kalkidan Gezahegne of Bahrain was also born in Ethiopia and won the silver medal at 29:56.18.

Dutch player Sivan Hassan reacted after winning gold [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]

In the men’s 1500m race, Norwegian Ingebrigtsen won the Olympic record with a score of 3 minutes and 28.32 seconds. The 20-year-old added another Olympic gold medal to his European title, and easily returned home after surpassing Kenya’s long-time leader Timothy Cheruiyot, who finished with 3:29.01 Won the silver medal. British player John Kerr won the bronze medal.

“I have dreamed of this all my life,” Ingebrigtsen said. “feels wonderful.”

Mixed Goods and Worries in the U.S.

The U.S. team won the 4×400m relay championship with a decisive victory, saving them from the humiliation of failing to win the championship on the track in any Olympics they participated in for the first time in the 125-year history of the Olympics.

The Americans won their 16th Olympic gold medal in a men’s basketball game, but the Olympic hosts thwarted their attempt to bring the championship back to the birthplace of baseball.

Japan’s 2-0 victory deprived the Americans of their second gold medal in their country’s pastime.

Muneteka Murakami broke a pitching duel with a home run to give the home team the lead, and an American throwing error allowed Tetsuto Yamada to score in the second round.

Create the first again, karate Olympic debut Make a lot of noise As Saudi Arabian Tareg Hamedi was disqualified for kicking Sajad Ganjzadeh in the neck, he determined that this was an illegal and unchecked attack that brought the unconscious Iranian a gold medal.

Ganjzadeh and Hamedi embraced and took a group photo at the medal ceremony. The winner said that he was “happy with the gold medal, but I am sad that I have to win it like this”, and Hamidi was not satisfied with the decision but was satisfied with his way of fighting.

Iran’s gold medalist Sajad Ganjzadeh (right) and Saudi Arabia’s silver medalist Tareg Hamedi pose for a group photo on the podium [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]

In Sapporo, the northernmost point of Japan, the heat there is only slightly lower than Tokyo. Women’s Marathon Propelled Peres Jepchirchir to surpass compatriot and world record holder Brigid Kosgei because she won Kenya’s second consecutive gold medal in the event.

“I said, wow, I will succeed. So I speeded up the pace because I knew I would win,” Jepchirchir said. “I am happy for my family and for my country, Kenya, to support us.”

Nelly Korda maintained the family sports dynasty and won the women’s golf gold medal for the U.S. team, while New Zealand’s most ornately decorated Olympian Lisa Carrington had to kayak in the women’s foursome Finished fourth in the 500m race.

In another famous family, Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen, enjoys the glorious years of the silver medal in the equestrian team obstacle course.

“It’s wild,” she said. The Americans called her family and they “are all screaming. I don’t think we can understand a word that anyone is saying, yelling. With all smiles, I just saw their American team equipment. Yes. A lot of shouts.”

Brazil’s Herbert Susa celebrates victory over Ukraine’s Oleksandr Sizhnyak [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]

In the boxing match, the Brazilian Hebert Sousa used a violent left wing to knock down Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine and burst into a wild celebration. He reversed a battle he almost lost and won Brazil’s second gold medal in the sport. Souza fell to his knees and screamed, and his team rejoiced that Kizniak staggered up and asked to continue fighting.

American Basketball beat FranceThey won the gold medal for the fourth time in a row. They came back after losing two consecutive exhibition games and a shocking loss in the preliminary rounds.

Kevin Durant led the US team with 29 points ahead of the largest crowd in the Olympics. Due to the COVID-19 surge, Japan’s state of emergency has continued to expand, and almost all events have no fans. Athletes, officials, media and volunteers, instead of fans, filled the bottom half of the seats.