RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) --Iranand the Democratic People's Republic of Korea claimed their first Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games on Friday, thanks to their weightlifters. Iran's Kianoush Rostami broke a world record he set two years ago to claim a sensational victory in the...
President Droupadi Murmu also tweeted saying,"Mirabai Chanu scripts history by winning weightlifting gold medal, setting a new record in #CommonwealthGames. Her first gold medal for India in the ongoing Games has created a wave of joy & celebration acro...
but it was Ami advancing to the gold medal final with a 2-1 vote. India brought the attitude and energy in spades but could not stand up to Ami’s dynamic and deciding third round that only experience could produce.
there was little to split New Zealand, Ireland and Germany on the line, but Kiwis Jordan Parry and Robbie Manson just held on for the win, 0.2 seconds over Ireland. Semifinal 2 saw the French Olympic champions, Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdi...
Rowing Buenos Aires 2018 | Youth Olympic Games Argentina's first YOG gold sends home crowd wild Maria Sol Ordas won Argentina's first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. The home fans went wild.Related content Delfina PIGNATIELLO 00:23 Argentine cries for her grandmother...
Yu Lihua, Yang’s first shooting coach at Ningbo Sports School, has taught shooting for more than 30 years. He watched the live broadcast(现场直播) of the competition with Yang’s parents and villagers. “It is the first time that my student won a gold medal at the Olympic Games, ...
FOR A COUNTRY with a massive population of 1.4 billion — second only to China — and a potentially limitless pool of talent, India has historically underperformed in track & field but at least it can now claim to have an Olympic gold medalist of its own thanks to Neeraj Chopra. ...
India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal won on Monday was greeted at home with disbelief and joy.
She took sweet revenge on the Japanese shuttler, whom she lost to 21-19, 20-22, 22-20 in one of the longest women's singles match ever played in Glasgow two years ago. Pusarla slipped in the Rio Olympic Games final and last year's World Championships gold match -- to Spain's Caroli...