After a grand opening ceremony on Friday, the medal competitions at Tokyo Olympics began on Saturday. China bagged three gold medals to top the medal tally, while India won a silver medal to secure the seventh position. One of the most notable moment of the day was cyclist Richard Carapaz winning the second Olympic gold medal in Ecuador’s history, with a victory in the road race. As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China secured victories in shooting and weightlifting. Elsewhere on Saturday, world number one Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a Golden Grand Slam with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien in the opening round of the men’s singles tournament. Djokovic, who has already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles this year, is bidding to win all four majors in a calendar year as well as Olympic gold, emulating the feat of German great Steffi Graf in 1988.

Silver medalist Anastasiia Galashina, left, of the Russian Olympic Committee, gold medalist Yang Qian, of China, center, and bronze medalist Nina Christen, of Switzerland stand after the women’s 10-meter air rifle event. (Photo credit: PTI)
Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, who won the gold medal, reacts during a medal ceremony after the men’s cycling road race. (Photo credit: PTI)
Mirabai Chanu of India competes in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event. She won the silver medal. (Photo credit: PTI)
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, plays during the first round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Photo credit: PTI)
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and United States First Lady Jill Biden, right, applaud as they watch a women’s 3-on-3 basketball game between the United States and France. (Photo credit: PTI)
Aron Szilagyi of Hungary celebrates after winning the gold in the men’s individual final Sabre competition. (Photo credit: PTI)
Chanu Saikhom Mirabai in action during the women’s 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Deepika Kumari releases the arrow during the mixed team event at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Manika Batra competes during the table tennis women’s singles first round match against Britain’s Ho Tin Tin. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Vikas Krishan stands in his corner during his men’s welterweight 69-kg boxing match against Japan’s Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa. (Photo credit: PTI)