Earlier in the day, Poland’s Tomala Dawid won gold in the men’s 50km walk, beating Germany’s Jonathan Hilbert and Canada’s Evan Dunfee. And China’s Liu Shiying was victorious in the women’s javelin as Poland’s Maria Andrejczyk took silver and Australia’s Kelsey-Lee Barber won bronze. On Wednesday (4), Lovlina Borgohain won bronze in women’s welterweight boxing, on 1 August P.V. Sindhu won bronze in women’s badminton singles, after Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won women’s 49 kg weightlifting on 24 July. / Country / Gold / Silver / Bronze / TotalChina / 36 / 26 / 17 / 79U.S.A.

Source: The Nation August 06, 2021 21:00 UTC