Olympics: Japan grabs 17th gold medal at Tokyo Games, its most ever

Japan secured its largest gold medal haul of any Olympics on Friday, with the men's fencing epee team winning the history-making 17th at the Tokyo Games.The host country has now surpassed its previous record of 16, marked the last time the capital hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964 and at the Athens Games in 2004.Nine judoka have won gold at Nippon Budokan, including siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe and two-time champion Shohei Ono.Swimmer Yui Ohashi did double duty in the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys, the first Japanese woman to win two gold medals at a Summer Olympics.Compared to the …READ FULL ARTICLE