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Day three of the Tokyo Olympics belonged to China and Japan as both nations bagged 7 medals each to boost their medals tally. With some great performances from their athletes, Japan have taken the top spot in the medal tally table, standing with 8 gold medals. Meanwhile, USA clinched 4 more medals in the day to take their medal count to 14. China had a good outing as well, who now sit at third spot in the table and with the maximum number of medals, 18.
For the second consecutive day with no medals to show, India have slipped down to 34th place in the table with Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal the only honour so far.
Here's the medal tally:
A lot of medals were bagged by the athletes across multiple events on Monday. Have a look at all the medal winners on Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics:
Gold medal winners on Day 3:
South Korea: Archery: Men’s team
Russia: Artistic gymnastics: Men’s team
Benjamin Savsek (Slo): Canoe Slalom: Men
Tom Pidcock (GBr): Cycling Mountain bike: Men’s cross-country
Thomas Daley & Matty Lee (GBr): Diving: Men’s synchronised 10m platform
Cheung Ka Long (HK): Fencing: Men’s foil
Sofia Pozdniakova (ROC): Fencing: Women’s sabre
Nora Gjakova (Kos): Judo: Women’s 57kg
Shohei Ono (Jpn): Judo: Men’s 73kg
Vincent Hancock (USA): Shooting: Skeet men
Amber English (USA): Shooting: Skeet women
Momiji Nishiya (Jpn): Skateboarding: Women’s street
Ariarne Timus (Aus): Swimming: Women’s 400m freestyle
Margaret MacNeil (Can): Swimming: Women’s 100m butterfly
Adam Peaty (GBr): Swimming: Men’s 100m breaststroke
USA: Swimming: Men’s 4x100m freestyle
Jun Mizutani & Mima Ito (Jpn): Table tennis: Mixed doubles
Maksim Khramtcov (Rus): Taekwondo: Men’s 80kg
Matea Jelic (Cro): Taekwondo: Women’s 67kg
Kristian Blummenfelt (Nor): Triathlon: Men
Hidily Diaz (Phi): Weightlifting: Women’s 55kg
