China, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Ecuador, Iran, Hungary, Kosovo and Thailand claim gold in day 1 of Olympics

After Day-1 of the Olympic Games, China is currently leading the medal tally with 3 gold and 1 bronze, with China's Hou Zhihui breaking the Olympic women's 49kg weightlifting record with a combined score of 210 kg.

She broke her previous record of 96 kg which she set in the Asian Championship in April this year.

Teammate, Yang Qian won the first available gold medal in the women's 10 metres air rifle final.

A nurse from Iran, Javad Foroughi won gold in the men's 10 metres air pistol competition after taking up the sport in 2017.

Ecuador's cyclists, Richard Carapaz managed to defy the conditions, convincingly winning his nation's second-ever gold medal. Naohisa Takato beat Taiwan's Yang Yung-wei in the 60kg judo final to claim the first gold for the host nation. South Korean pair An San and Kim Je-deok took gold in the mixed team archery while world Tennis number one Novak Djokovic made a good start as he continues his bid for the 'Golden Slam', opening with a 6-2 6-2 win over Bolivia's Hugo Dellien in the men's singles.

Other gold medals on day one went to Iran, Hungary, Kosovo and Thailand. Italy is currently in second place with 1 gold and 1 silver, Japan is in third place with 1 gold and 1 silver, South Korea is fourth with 1 gold and 2 bronze and Ecuador is in fifth spot with 1 gold.

[Source: BBC]