The Japanese women’s foil team holds the Japanese flag after winning their bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
15:56 JST, August 2, 2024
PARIS — Japan claimed its first Olympic medal in women’s fencing after its foil team of Sera Azuma, Yuka Ueno, Karin Miyawaki and Komaki Kikuchi defeated Canada 33-32 in the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
In swimming, 33-year-old Satomi Suzuki finished fourth in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke final.
There were contrasting results in table tennis. In the men’s singles, Tomokazu Harimoto, 21, lost to China’s Zhendong Fan in a seven-set quarterfinal. Hina Hayata, 24, meanwhile, secured a place in the top four after winning her women’s singles quarterfinal.
In judo, 29-year-old Rika Takayama lost the bronze medal in the women’s 78-kilogram class, while 28-year-old Aaron Wolf, gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in the 100-kilogram class, lost in the repechage.
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The Japanese women’s foil team holds the Japanese flag after winning their bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
