Published on 24 Jul 2021

The first Olympic Gold goes to the People’s Republic of China!

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At the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, the first Games medals were awarded in shooting sport.

 

In 10m Air Rifle Women Gold was won by Qian Yang from the People's Republic of China. For Qian Yang, this is the first Olympics.

Another Olympic debutante, Anastasia Galashina from the ROC team, took second place.

Nina Kristen from Switzerland finished third.

 

For all three medalists, these are the first Olympic Games awards.

In addition, in qualification, Jeanette Hegg Duestad of Norway set an Olympic qualification record.

A total of 50 athletes from 37 countries took part in the event.

 

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List of official Olympic broadcast partners