On the 15th day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japanese athletes were outstandingly active, winning medals in new competitions such as karate and sports climbing.


We will tell you the highlights of the 15th day of the tournament with a video.

karate

Ryo Kiyuna participated in the men's form of karate.


In addition to thrusting and kicking by taking advantage of the strength of his character, Kitomona performed a stable performance that did not shake the axis, and won the gold medal for the first time as a Japanese player in this competition.

Wrestling girls

Mayu Mukaida played against a Chinese player in the final of the 53 kg wrestling women's class.


Mukita allowed the lead in the first half, but in the second half, he evaded the opponent's strong defense and accumulated points to win the game in a come-from-behind victory and won the gold medal in his first appearance in the Olympics.

Sport climbing

Miho Nonaka won the silver medal in the new sports climbing women's complex of the Tokyo Olympics, and Akiyo Noguchi, who has announced his retirement at this tournament, won the bronze medal.

Table tennis

Japan played against South Korea in the 3rd place playoff of the men's table tennis team.


In Japan, when the pair of Jun Mizutani and Koki Niwa won in the doubles of the first game, Tomokazu Harimoto also won in the singles of the second game and got on the flow.

Although he lost the third game, Mizutani won the singles in the fourth game and won the bronze medal 3-1.

The men's table tennis team won the second consecutive medal following the silver medal at the previous Rio de Janeiro Games.

Basketball girls

Japan, which ranked 10th in the world ranking in the women's basketball semi-finals, advanced to the final by beating France, which ranked 5th in the world ranking, 87-71, and the first medal was confirmed for both men and women in this competition.

land

The women's 1500 meters on land, Nozomi Tanaka, who advanced to the final for the first time as a Japanese player, finished 8th with a time of 3: 59.95.

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


At the Men's 50 km Racewalking in Sapporo, Masatora Kawano finished 6th with a time of 3 hours 51 minutes 56 seconds.


Shuhei Tada, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu, and Yuki Koike faced the men's 400m relay on land, but they did not win a medal following the Rio de Janeiro tournament due to a painful mistake that the baton could not connect. ..

Sucker-Men

The Japanese national soccer team lost to Mexico 1 to 3 in the bronze medal match and did not win the medal for the first time in 53 years.

Artistic swimming

In artistic swimming, the team's technical routine will be held, and Japan will be ranked 4th, and on the 7th, they will face the free routine to win medals for the second consecutive tournament.

Golf girls

In the third round of golf girls, Mone Inami increased the score by 3 to 3rd place with a total of 10 under, and Nasa Hataoka also moved up to 7th place with a total of 8 under, on the 7th. I will try to win a medal in the final round of.

Men's high diving

In the men's high diving qualifying, 14-year-old Rikuto Tamai finished in 16th place and decided to advance to the semi-finals.