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Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina has won her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics, beating Koreaâs Kim Minjung in a shootoff in womenâs 25-meter pistol.
Batsarashkina tied Kim with 38 points and won the shootoff 4-1. Chinaâs Xiao Jiaruxuan took bronze.
Batsarashkina also won gold in 10-meter air pistol and teamed with Artem Chernousov to take silver in 10-meter mixed team air pistol. She also took silver in 10-meter air pistol at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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American BMX rider Connor Fields is âawake and awaiting further medical evaluationâ after he crashed in the third semifinal run and had to be removed from the course at Ariake Urban Sports Park on a stretcher.
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Emma McKeon has earned another gold medal for the Australian women at the Olympic pool.
McKeon touched first in the 100-meter freestyle with an Olympic-record time of 51.96 seconds, becoming only the second woman to break 52 seconds in the sprint.
Hong Kongâs Siobhan Haughey claimed the silver in 52.27, while Aussie Cate Campbell took the bronze in 52.52. American Abbey Weitzeil was last in the eight-woman field.
The Australians have won four individual womenâs events at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, in addition to setting a world record in a 4x100 free relay that included both McKeon and Campbell.
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Russiaâs Evgeny Rylov has completed a backstroke sweep at the Tokyo Olympics.
Great Britain s Bethany Shriever collects her Gold medal for the Cycling BMX Racing at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on the seventh day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. Picture date: Friday July 30, 2021. AN Essex Olympian made history this morning, winning Great Britain s first ever gold medal in the BMX event. Bethany Shriever, who hails from Finchingfield, won gold in the women s race at the Tokyo 2020 games. Teammate Kye Whyte has just delivered Team GB s first ever medal in the event, winning a silver at Ariake Urban Sports Park. Shriever, 22, led almost from start to finish during her race.