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China's Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics JAKE SEINER, AP Sports Writer July 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6Yang Qian, of China, reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle at the Asaka Shooting Range in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Alex Brandon/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6Daniil Medvedev, of the Russian Olympic Committee, cools off during a changeover in a tennis match against Alexander Bublik, of Kazakhstan, during at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Patrick Semansky...

First Gold Medals, First Exits of Tokyo Games Voice of America 25 Jul 2021, 06:35 GMT+10 TOKYO - Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics. China's Yang Qian, at least, stayed right on target. Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women's 10-meter air rifle Saturday. Her last shot was her worst of the finals but still rallied her past Galashina with an Olympic-record score of 251.8. Switzerland's Nina Christen took bronze. "It's unbelievable that I can be her...

2021/07/24 22:44 Alison Cerutti, of Brazil, right and his teammate Alvaro Morais Filho, celebrate after winning Argentina, during a men's beach volleyball match at the... Alison Cerutti, of Brazil, right and his teammate Alvaro Morais Filho, celebrate after winning Argentina, during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Alison Cerutti and Alvaro Morais Filho, of Brazil, play against Nicolas Capogrosso and Julian Amado Azaad, of Argentina, in the Shiokaze P...

Print AP Alison Cerutti, of Brazil, right and his teammate Alvaro Morais Filho, celebrate after winning Argentina, during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Credit: The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic beach volleyball tournament got off to the quintessential coronavirus-era start. The event's very first scheduled match at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games was canceled on Saturday morn...

Olympic beach volleyball opener canceled due to positive COVID-19 test TOKYO -- The Olympic beach volleyball tournament got off to the quintessential COVID-era start. The event's very first scheduled match at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games was canceled on Saturday morning because a Czech player tested positive for the coronavirus. That knocked Markéta Sluková, who tested positive earlier this week, and partner Barbora Hermannová out of the tournament. Already empty because of the ban on fans, the venue at Shiokaze Park was eerily still when the match was supposed to start at 9 a.m. local...