This will be the first time in 57 years that Tokyo has hosted the Summer Olympics, with the Opening Ceremony being at Tokyo National Stadium on July 23, 2021. A total of 33 sports and 50 disciplines will be featured at these Olympics, with baseball and softball returning and four other sports joining them.
An estimated 4,400 competitors from 22 different countries will compete in 22 different sports at the Paralympic Games. New to the Paralympic programme this year will be badminton and taekwondo.
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United States Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Here you will find complete information about the United States’ gold medal winners in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Fencing
Gold is the medal that Lee Kiefer, in her third Olympics, finally takes home. The American used a combination of offensive and defensive strategies to beat the defending Olympic champion from the ROC, Inna Deriglazova, and claim the gold medal.
Kiefer managed to stay ahead of the favourite and win 15-13, but Deriglazova was never more than a point or two behind for too long.
Shooting 10m Air Rifle
William Shaner of the United States of America won the men’s 10m air rifle event on Sunday, July 25 at the Asaka Shooting Range. In the championship match, the 20-year-old earned 251.6 points to defeat China’s Lihao Sheng.
In the process of competing, he also set a new Olympic record. Shaner kept his cool against Lihao, a 16-year-old from China, and ended up with a 251.6 to 250.9 victory. Yang Haoran, also from China, took third place.
Shooting Skeet
U.S. skeet shooters Amber English and Vincent Hancock ate together as teenagers at their respective homes, long before they both achieved Olympic gold on the same day in Tokyo.
A 32-year-old English and a 16-year-old Hancock who were both beginning their shooting careers became friends. Ever since then, they’ve been one other’s closest confidantes, drawing strength and motivation from one another over the better part of fifty years of filming.
Surfing
Team USA’s Carissa Moore makes Olympic history by being the first woman to win a gold medal in the sport of surfing at the Olympic Games.
With a total of 8.46, Buitendag came in second to Moore’s gold thanks to the latter’s 7.33 and 7.60 on the waves.
Three days of tough conditions culminated in an exciting end to surfing’s long-awaited Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Swimming
100m Freestyle: Swimmer Caeleb Dressel has won the first individual Olympic gold of his career in the men’s 100m freestyle.
The American swimmer held off the defending Olympic champion, Australia’s Kyle Chalmers, to win by 0.06 seconds. Dressel’s winning time at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre was an Olympic record of 47.02 seconds.
Basketball
Men’s: The United States men’s basketball squad of 2020 had a slow start but eventually won the competition. The Americans’ first group game was a loss to France, but they rebounded with wins over Iran (120-66) and the Czech Republic (119-84).
Women’s: In the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. women’s basketball team was flawless. The United States won the gold medal after defeating the host nation of Japan by a score of 90-75.
With 55 consecutive victories, the United States has dominated the Olympic competition since the 1992 Games in Barcelona. With this win, the United States took home its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Cycling
In Tokyo, Jennifer Valente made history by becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track cycling. On Friday, she added a global title to her collection by becoming the first American to win the omnium world championship.
Jennifer Valente told, “I reached the Olympic dream before this one, but this really has been on the forefront of my mind for a long time.”
The 27-year-old Valente triumphed at the world championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, a day after winning bronze in an elimination race that is not part of the Olympic schedule.
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Volleyball
A year after capturing the program’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, the U.S. women’s volleyball team placed fourth at the World Championship. On Saturday, the United States lost to Italy in three sets (25-20, 25-15, 27-25) for third place. The United States was eliminated from competition in the semi-finals by Serbia.
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