Thursday, July 29, 2021

Tokyo 2020 Highlights - Day 6

     


July 28, 2021 - DAY 6

The sixth day of the Tokyo Olympics has medal events in Artistic Gymnastics, Cycling Road, Diving, Equestrian, Rowing, Swimming, and Weightlifting.

In the Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final, Daiki Hashimoto of Japan won the gold medal after beating the likes of China's Xiao Ruoteng and Nikita Nagornyy of Team ROC.

In Cycling Road, the Dutch finished 1st and 3rd at the Women's Individual Time Trial with Annemiek van Vleuten the winner, and Anna van der Breggen the third placer. Meanwhile, Primoz Roglic of Slovenia won the Men's Individual Time Trial.

In Diving, China beats the USA and Germany to win the gold medal at the Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final.

In Equestrian, it's a 1-2 finish for Team Germany at the Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle with Jessica von Bredow-Werndl the winner while Isabell Werth the second placer.

The Rowing events saw Romania won the Women's Double Sculls Final A, France for Men's Double Sculls Final, Australia for Women's Four Final A and Men's Four Final A, The Netherlands for Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A, and China for Women's Quadruple Sculls Final A.

In Swimming events, Arianne Titmus from Australia won the Women's 200m Freestyle Final, Kristof Milak from Hungary won the Men's 200m Butterfly Final, Yui Ohashi from Japan won the Women's 200m Individual Medley Final, a 1-2 win for Team USA at the Women's 1500m Freestyle Final with Kathleen Ledecky the gold medalist and Erica Sullivan the silver medalist, and Great Britain for the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final.

And lastly, in Weightlifting, Shi Zhiyong of China won the Men's 73kg Group A.

In the medal tally, Japan now scores 13 gold medal wins, China got 12, and the USA got 11. Rank by total, USA still leads with 31 total medals won.


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