Olympia: That happened tonight - there have already been medals here

The Olympics are rising in Tokyo - the time difference is causing problems for many German sports fans.

We summarize the events of the night.

Tokyo - Olympia in Tokyo has its first heroes!

The first gold medal of the games was won by the sports shooter Yang Qian from China with an air rifle.

Numerous German athletes were in action on the night from Friday to Saturday - the results are very mixed.

We give you an overview of the decisions and competitions of the night.

Olympia: There were medals here in the night from Friday to Saturday

SHOOT: Air rifle women

gold	Yang Qian (China)
silver	Anastasiia Galashina (Russia)
bronze	Nina Christen (Switzerland)

Olympia: These German athletes were in action on the night from Friday to Saturday

• Shooter

  Jolyn Beer

  missed the final with the air rifle.

  The Olympic debutante finished 17th in qualification.

• The rowers

  Annekatrin Thiele

  and

  Leonie Menzel

  and the rowers

  Marc Weber

  and

  Stephan Krüger

  have reached the semi-finals in double sculls.

• The tennis professionals

  Anna-Lena Friedsam

  and

  Mona Barthel

  contested the first round.

  Barthel was defeated by Swiatek from Poland, Friedsam won against Heather Watson.

  The duo

  Kevin Kravitz / Tim Pütz

  also made it to the next round.

• The archers

  Florian Unruh

  and

  Michelle Kroppen

  failed in the round of 16 of the mixed competition.

• Saber fencers

  Max Hartung and Matyas Szabo

  have reached the

  last

  sixteen, colleague

  Benedikt Wagner was

  eliminated.

• The table tennis duo

  Patrick Franziska

  and

  Petrissa Solja

  entered the mixed quarter-finals with a victory.

• The judokas

  Katharina Menz

  and

  Moritz Plafky were eliminated

  in their first fights.

(epp)