The win also means Bermuda, with a population of about 63,000, are the smallest nation or territory to win an Olympic gold medal at a summer Games. History was made in events on land and in the water on Tuesday.īermuda are celebrating a first ever Olympic title thanks to Flora Duffy's triumph in the triathlon. Listen to the latest Olympics Daily podcast.Times and channels for BBC's live coverage.
I think I'm glad with how I played, with taking that break that I had."Īfter topping the medal table with eight golds by the end of day three, Tuesday brought gold number nine for Japan when Takanori Nagase beat Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia in the men's -81 kg judo final. "I think it's maybe because I haven't played in the Olympics before and for the first year it was a bit much. "I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this," she said. I just think mental health is more prevalent in sports right now."Įarlier, tennis star Osaka, one of the faces of the Games for Japan, lost 6-1 6-4 to world number 42 Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the third round.Īfter her defeat, she admitted the pressure of carrying her nation's hopes weighed heavy on her mind. "After the performance I did, I just didn't want to go on," she said. The 24-year-old left the arena after scoring 13.766 on the vault in the first rotation - her lowest score on that apparatus in her Olympics career.īiles is the most successful US gymnast of all time and winner of four gold medals and a bronze at Rio 2016.
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