Glittering gold distracts from Tokyo woes
Sport stretched out over Tokyo on Saturday and gold medals rained down as the Olympic Games burst into life, finally casting aside some of the shadow of COVID-19 and controversy that has plagued the global showpiece. Syria's 12-year-old Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete competing at the Tokyo Olympics, is conforted by Austria's Liu Jia after being defeated 4-0 during their women's singles preliminary round table tennis match. Chinese shooter Yang Qian celebrates on the podium after grabbing first gold of the Tokyo Games. Hou Zhihui of China, Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India and Windy Cantika Aisah of Indonesia pose with their medals after women's 49-kg weightlifting event. Zhihui Hou won the gold medal with a comfortable win over Indian and Indonesian medalists. Mirabai Chanu, India's only athlete in weightlifting, took home the silver medal and still holds the world record in clean and jerk of 119 kg.
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