Slovenia crush Germany to reach basketball semis
AFP, Saitama
Sharp-shooting Zoran Dragic poured in 27 points and Luka Doncic added 20 as unheralded Slovenia swept past Germany 94-70 Tuesday and into the men’s basketball semi-finals on their Olympic debut.
They will face the winner of a last-eight clash between Italy and France, while defending champions USA take on second-ranked Spain and Australia meet Argentina in Tuesday’s other quarter-finals.
It was an incredible effort from the Slovenians, who are ranked just 16th in the world.
Irie Japan’s first woman champion in boxing
AFP, Tokyo
Sena Irie became the first Japanese woman to win Olympic boxing gold on Tuesday, defeating Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines on unanimous points to take the featherweight title in Tokyo.
It was disappointment for Petecio, who had been looking to earn the Philippines’ first Olympic gold in the country’s proud boxing history.
Mihambo wins long jump gold
AFP, Tokyo
Germany’s Malaika Mihambo soared to gold in the women’s long jump at the Olympics on Tuesday, snatching victory from former champion Brittney Reese with her last leap of the competition.
Mihambo was lying in the bronze medal position ahead of her final jump, but powered down the runway to register a season-best jump of 7.00 metres.
Medals table of Olympics
Country G S B Total
China 32 21 16 69
USA 24 27 21 72
Japan 19 6 11 36
Australia 14 4 15 33
ROC 13 21 18 52
UK 13 17 13 43
Germany 8 8 14 30
France 6 10 8 24
Netherlands 6 7 7 20
S. Korea 6 4 9 19
