On the 8th day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japanese athletes won gold medals in each of the fencing men's epee group and judo women's over 78 kg class, and the number of Japanese gold medals reached 17, the highest number in history in the middle of the tournament. rice field.

fencing

In the final of the men's team of fencing, Japan led the opponent's Russian Olympic Committee from beginning to end, winning 45 to 36 and winning the gold medal.

This is the first Japanese gold medal in fencing.

judo

In the Judo women's class over 78 kg, Akira Sone, who participated for the first time, played against a Cuban player who won the silver medal at the previous Rio de Janeiro tournament in the final, and after the extra time, won the gold medal due to the opponent's foul defeat. I got it.

Japan's gold medal in this class is the first in four tournaments since the 2004 Athens Olympics.


This year, the number of Japanese judo gold medals is now nine, which is the highest number, surpassing the eight in the 2004 Athens Olympics.


On the other hand, in the men's class over 100 kg, Hisayoshi Harasawa lost the bronze medal and missed the medal.

badminton

In the badminton mixed doubles, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who ranked 5th in the world ranking, won the bronze medal by defeating the Hong Kong pair in the 3rd place playoff.

This is the first time for a Japanese player to win a medal in this event.


On the other hand, in the women's singles, Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi both lost in the quarterfinals and did not reach the medal.

golf

The golf men entered the second round, and some players could not finish playing until the end due to the weather, but Hideki Matsuyama moved up to the provisional third place, 3 strokes behind the lead, with a total of 8 under. Rikuya Hoshino finished in 25th place provisionally with a total of 3 under.

land

Athletics began, with Akira Aizawa in 17th place and Tatsuhiko Ito in 22nd place in the men's 10,000-meter final.


Naoto Tobe, a high jumper for men, and Ririka Hironaka, a 5000-meter woman, each passed the qualifying and advanced to the final.


In the men's 3000m steeplechase qualifying, Ryuji Miura broke his own Japanese record and advanced to the final.


Furthermore, in the men's 400-meter hurdle, Daimu Yamauchi advanced to the semi-finals.

Swimming

In the men's 200m backstroke final, Ryosuke Irie was 7th, and in the men's 200m individual medley final, Daiya Seto was 4th and Kosuke Hagino was 6th. ..


Japan advanced to the finals in the women's 400-meter medley relay qualifying, finishing 6th overall, and in the men's 400-meter medley relay qualifying, finishing 5th overall.

trampoline

Among the trampolining girls, Megu Uyama was ranked 5th, the highest ever in Japan.

football

Japan, a soccer girl, lost to Sweden 1 to 3 in the quarterfinals and did not win a medal for the first time in two tournaments.