Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday, (attain) a last-shot victory against Russia's rival, Anastasia Galashina, in the women's 10m air rifle final.
Yang carried off the gold medal with Olympic record score of 251.8, edging ahead of Russian opponent on 251.1 and Switzerland's Nina Christen on 230.6. Galashina (look) calm to claim gold before the last shot, but lost it with 8.9 on her final effort to allow Yang to seal victory (success).
The event (take) place the morning the Olympics opened in a nearly empty stadium. The first medal ceremony of the (game) saw Yang presented with her gold by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. Yang hung the medal around (she) neck after being handed the gold on a tray offered by Bach, in keeping with Covid-19 regulations place at the Olympics.
With fans (bar) from venues, only a handful of Chinese support staff were on spot to congratulate Yang on the win.
