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August 7, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Soufiane El Bakkali wins Morocco’s only gold medal

The Moroccan won the final of the 3,000 m steeplechase in Tokyo with a time of 8: 08.90 ahead of the Ethiopian Lamecha Girma (08: 10.38) and the Kenyan Benjamin Kigen (08: […]
August 7, 2021

Sandra Sanchez Jaime from Spain is the first ever Olympic champion in karate

Spain’s Sandra Sanchez Jaime won the Olympic title in kata, the first Olympic gold medal in the history of karate, entered in the Olympic program for the first time this year but […]
August 6, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Mete Gazoz wins the first gold medal for Turkiye

Turkish archer Mete Gazoz wins Turkish delegation’s first gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Turkish archer Mete Gazoz won the gold medal after beating Italy’s Mauro Nespoli 6-4 in the archery […]
August 5, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Egypt celebrates two bronze medals in taekwondo

Seif Eissa and Hedaya Malak won two bronze medals. Seif Eissa defeated Norway’s Richard Ordemann in the bronze-medal match of the men’s 80kg Taekwondo event, winning Egypt’s second medal at the Tokyo […]
August 4, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Two more medals for Greece with Tentoglou and Petrounias

Miltos Tentoglou with an amazing jump of 8.41 meters vaulted to the top of the podium, giving Greece the first gold medal of the competition in the History of the Olympic Games. […]
August 3, 2021

San Marino wins first Olympic medals in history

After the first (bronze) medal in its history, this micro-state of 34,000 inhabitants, located in eastern Italy, took another silver medal, again in shooting. Insignificant in sporting terms, this 60 km2 enclave […]
August 3, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Italy celebrates two gold medals

The Italians celebrate with their compatriots Lamont Marcell Jacobs and Gianmarco Tamberi the gold medals in the sprint and high jump events at the Olympics. Jacobs won the men’s 100 meters final […]
August 1, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Primož Roglič the second gold for Slovenia

Slovenian Primož Roglič  bounced back from Tour de France heartbreak to win the men’s Olympic Games time trial title with a thoroughly commanding performance in Tokyo. The 31-year-old finished the 44.2km course in a time of 55:04 to […]
July 31, 2021

Matea Jelić wins Croatia’s first gold medal

23-year-old Matea Jelić beat Lauren Williams from Great Britain 25-22 in the women’s taekwondo 67kg final to claim the gold medal. Trailing 21-15 with just 15 seconds remaining, Matea managed to turn […]