People’s Republic of China’s Yang Qian became the first person to win a gold medal on the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.
Qian, 21 came first in the 10m air rifle to claim the first gold medal on the first day of the Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee IOC president Thomas Bach presented Yang with her gold medal, as well as silver to Anastasiia Galashina from ROC and the bronze to Switzerland’s Nina Christen.
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However, due to COVID-19 countermeasures in these unique Games, they collected their own medals from a tray and placed it around their own necks.
They also collected their own bouquet of flowers in a ceremony that will be replicated for all medalists at Tokyo 2020.