On the 16th day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan won the gold medal by beating the United States 2-0 in the baseball final.

In addition, wrestling men's freestyle 65 kg class Takuto Otoguro and women's 50 kg class Yui Susaki each won gold medals.


We will tell you the highlights of the 16th day of the tournament with a video.

baseball

In the baseball final, Japan won the gold medal by beating the United States 2-0.


Japan won the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, which was a public competition, but this is the first official competition to win a gold medal, which has been revived for the first time in three competitions.

wrestling

Takuto Otoguro won the gold medal in his first Olympic appearance in the men's wrestling freestyle 65 kg class.


In addition, Yui Su * Saki won the 10-0 technical fall in the women's 50-kilometer class in just over a minute and a half, and won the gold medal in her first Olympic appearance.

golf

Japanese golf girl Mone Inami won the silver medal in the playoffs with New Zealand players.


This is the first time for a Japanese player to win a medal for both men and women.

karate

Ryutaro Araga won the bronze medal in the class of karate men's kumite over 75 kg.

This is the first medal for a Japanese player in karate kumite.

Dive

In the men's high diving final, 14-year-old Rikuto Tamai finished in 7th place as a Japanese player for the first time in 21 years.

Artistic swimming

Japan finished 4th in the artistic swimming team and did not win medals for the second consecutive tournament.

land

Ririka Hironaka renewed her personal best in the 10,000-meter track and field women's final and finished in 7th place, winning the prize for the first time in 25 years since the 1996 Atlanta Games as a Japanese player.


Mao Ichiyama won the 8th place in the women's marathon held in Sapporo with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes 13 seconds, which is the top Japanese player.

It is the first time in four women's marathons that Japanese athletes have won a prize since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Japan finished 7th in the rhythmic gymnastics group qualifying and advanced to the final by the top 8 teams.

bicycle

In the first round of the men's bicycle Keirin, Yudai Nitta and Yuta Wakimoto both advanced to the quarterfinals with the first place.