This dominance by China even led to the creation of fake news in India that the Chinese weightlifters were under investigation for doping.Ĭhina also looks likely to be the top nation in badminton this year, despite fears that Japan could surpass them. Weightlifting, too, has seen China claim every gold in every weight class they have entered, apart from women’s 55kg.Īvoiding the highly competitive heavyweight men’s divisions, China has zeroed in on the women’s competitions and the lightweight men’s classes with ruthless efficiency. With just the women’s 10m platform (Aug 5) and the men’s 3m springboard (Aug 3) and 10m platform (Aug 7) events left, China remains almost certain to add three more golds to its count. Despite losing out to Great Britain in the synchronized 10m platform in the first diving event, China has gone on to comfortably win the rest of the events so far, with Shī Tíngmào 施廷懋 and Wáng Hán 王涵 securing a one-two finish in the women’s 3m springboard. Like table tennis, China’s diving athletes have secured all but one of the gold medals on offer. In table tennis, despite missing out on gold in the mixed doubles to Japan, the Chinese team managed to come through an unprecedented threat to their dominance to claim the rest of the individual gold medals.ĭefeating world number one and compatriot Fán Zhèndōng 樊振东 in the final, Mǎ Lóng 马龙 was able to stamp his name in ping pong history and perhaps claim to be the greatest player in history after becoming the first player to win two Olympic titles. All but two of China’s 17 silver medals have come exclusively from these sports. Of the 29 gold awarded to China so far in Tokyo, only eight have not come from one of the big six.