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China’s Gong Lijiao won the women’s shot put gold in a personal best 20.58 metres on Sunday under blistering conditions at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium as the United States’ Raven Saunders picked up silver and New Zealand’s Valerie Adams claimed bronze.
Gong, the winner of 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships, showed no loss of form as she secured her first Olympic gold in her fourth Games, powered by all five of her legal throws exceeding Saunders’ best mark of 19.79 metres.
