Olympic Day One Highlights: Adam Peaty off to a flier and Japan wins first gold

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Japan’s Naohisa Takato celebrates during the medal ceremony for the judo men’s -60kg contest at the Tokyo Olympics we feared would never take place is over with 11 gold medals already won. Here’s the pick of the action so far…Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold medal at its home Olympics, beating Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in the men’s 60-kilogram judo final on Saturday night.

The 26-year-old from Uttoxeter prevailed in his heat in 57.56 seconds at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the quickest time of anyone to compete in the event on Saturday night and the eighth fastest of all time over the distance.Britain’s Max Whitlock competes in the horizontal bars event of the artistic gymnastics men’s qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Manchester City star grabbed her third goal in two games to seal a cagey 1-0 win over hosts Japan in Group E. Team GB dominated the second half but were forced to be patient against an organised Japan team. Geraint Thomas immediately switched his focus to Wednesday’s Olympic time trial after being forced to abandon the road race following a crash as Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz stormed to victory.

 

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