Highlights:
- Japan won its first ever Olympic gold medal in baseball after shutting out the United States 2-0 at Yokohama Baseball Stadium on Saturday.
- India took home its first gold medal for the Tokyo 2020 Games, after Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin on Saturday.
- Svetlana Romashina claimed her seventh Olympic gold medal after the Russian Olympic Committee won the women's artistic swimming team free routine with a total score of 196.0979 points.
- Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the gold medal in the men's 1500m on Saturday, setting Olympic and European records with a time of 3.28.32.
- Sifan Hassan won the women's 10,000 meters on Saturday to complete a golden double on the track at Tokyo 2020.
- The United States won gold in women's water polo for the third-straight Olympics after routing Spain 14-5 behind Madeline Musselman's hat-trick on Saturday.
- Team USA avenged its early Olympic loss to France by beating the French men's basketball team for the gold medal on Saturday and the 100th American medal of Tokyo 2020.
- American Laura Kraut, 55, became the oldest woman representing the United States to win an Olympic medal since 1904, when 58-year-old Emily Woodruff won gold in archery. The United States earned silver in the equestrian jumping team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
- In a rematch of the Rio 2016 final, France avenged their loss to Denmark, winning 25-23 for a record third Olympic gold medal in the men's handball competition.
- Defending champions Brazil defeated Spain 2-1 to win their second consecutive gold medal in men's football.
Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/tokyo-2020-olympics-08-07-21-spt/index.html (CNN Staff)
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