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The Day 8 at Tokyo Olympics 2020 produced another exciting day for fans across the globe as China retained their spot at top of the medal tally with 46 medals in total. The Chinese contingent clinched 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze on Saturday to extend their lead. Meanwhile, Japan and USA also won a few medals each to complete the top three while India slipped down further to 60th position.
Talking about some key events of the day, Novak Djokovic lost the bronze medal match in men's singles and had to pull out of mixed doubles' event as well. As a result, the Serbian will have to go back home empty-handed from Tokyo. Meanwhile, the highlight of the day came in women's 100m finals where Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah retained her title with an Olympic record timing of 10.61 seconds.
Medal Tally after Day 8
Medal winners of major events
There were quite a lot of medal winners on Day 8, with so many event finals taking place on Saturday. Here is a list of few of the winners of major events in Tokyo:
Archery (Men's Individual)
Gold - Mete Gazoz (Turkey)
Silver - Mauro Nespoli (Italy)
Bronze - Takaharu Furukawa (Japan)
Athletics (Men's Discus Throw)
Gold - Daniel Stahl (Sweden)
Silver - Simon Pettersson (Sweden)
Bronze - Lukas Weißhaidinger (Austria)
Athletics (Mixed 4x400m Relay)
Gold - Poland
Silver - Dominican Republic
Bronze - USA
Athletics (Women's 100m)
Gold - Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica)
Silver - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
Bronze - Shericka Jackson (Jamaica)
Athletics (Women's 100m)
Gold - Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica)
Silver - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
Bronze - Shericka Jackson (Jamaica)
Badminton (Men's Doubles)
Gold - Lee Yang/Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei)
Silver - Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen (China)
Bronze - Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
Fencing (Women's Team Sabre)
Gold - ROC
Silver - France
Bronze - South Korea
Judo (Mixed Team)
Gold - France
Silver - Japan
Bronze - Israel
Bronze - Germany
Rugby Sevens (Women's Tournament)
Gold - New Zealand
Silver - France
Bronze - Fiji
Sailing (Women's RS:X)
Gold - Lu Yunxiu (China)
Silver - Charline Picon (France)
Bronze - Emma Wilson (Great Britain)
Sailing (Men's RS:X)
Gold - Kiran Badloe (Netherlands)
Silver - Thomas Goyard (France)
Bronze - Bi Kun (China)
Shooting (Mixed Team Trap)
Gold - Spain
Silver - San Marino
Bronze - USA
Shooting (Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions)
Gold - Nina Christen (Switzerland)
Silver - Yulia Zykova (ROC)
Bronze - Yulia Karimova (ROC)
Swimming (Men's 100m Butterfly)
Gold - Caeleb Dressel (USA)
Silver - Kristof Milak (Hungary)
Bronze - Noe Ponti (Switzerland)
Swimming (Women's 200m Backstroke)
Gold - Kaylee McKeown (Australia)
Silver - Kylie Masse (Canada)
Bronze - Emily Seebohm (Australia)
Swimming (Women's 800m Freestyle)
Gold - Katie Ledecky (USA)
Silver - Ariarne Titmus (Australia)
Bronze - Simona Quadarella (Italy)
Swimming (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay)
Gold - Great Britain
Silver - China
Bronze - Australia
Trampolining (Men's Trampoline)
Gold - Ivan Litvinovich (Belarus)
Silver - Dong Dong (China)
Bronze - Dylan Schmidt (New Zealand)
Triathlon (Mixed Relay)
Gold - Great Britain
Silver - USA
Bronze - France
Weightlifting (Men's 81kg)
Gold - Lu Xiaojun (China)
Silver - Zacarias Bonnat Michel (Dominican Republic)
Bronze - Antonino Pizzolato (Italy)
Weightlifting (Men's 96kg)
Gold - Fares El-Bakh (Qatar)
Silver - Keydomar Vallenilla (Venezuela)
Bronze - Anton Pliesnoi (Georgia)