Chinese pair Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya won the first-ever women's canoe double 500 meters gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. At Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway, they led throughout the race to win in a time of 1:55.
Ma Long (R)/Xu Xin of China celebrate during the table tennis men's team gold medal match against Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021.
TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two golds in table tennis and athletics helped China maintain its place at the top of the gold medal count.
-- Chinese athletes have made breakthroughs from land to water at the Tokyo Olympics, while some teams failed to live up to expectations. -- For many Chinese, it's not just the gold medals that count, in contrast to the thinking about 'winning or losing' a decade ago.
