Yang Qian won the first gold medal in the women’s 10-meter rifle competition, with the silver going to Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina
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China’s Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 10-meter rifle competition on Saturday. The silver went to Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina and the bronze medal to Switzerland’s Nina Christen. Galashina led the race for the gold in the final until she cracked under pressure and signed off with her lowest score of 8.9 for a total of 251.1.Yang responded to the pressure by firing 9.8 to snatch the gold with an Olympic record of 251.8.
Norwegian Jeanette Hegg Duestad had set an Olympic qualifying record of 632.9 to reach the final but finished just outside the medals.and follow all of the news, features and opinion in the leadup to the Summer Games in Tokyo.Follow topics and authors relevant to your reading interests.feed daily, and never miss an article. Access your Following feed from your account menu at the top right corner of every page.
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