Venezuelan Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sanchez was closest behind the winner to earn silver (387). And, competing for Georgia, Anton Pliesnoi was good enough to take the bronze.
The Qatari El-Bakh put up 177kg in the snatch before sliding into the clean and jerk and setting an Olympic record in that lift with a weight of 225kg. It was one of two Olympic records he broke on the night -- along with a massive combined score of 402 that was too much for any of his competitors on the day to even approach.
He attempted a world record 232kg clean and jerk but wasn't able to make the lift.
Aside from a piece of personal history for El-Bakh, the gold medal is a first-ever Olympic title for Qatar.
Pair from Taiwan (China) win badminton men's doubles title
Lee Yang (left) and Wang Chi-Lin from Taiwan (China) celebrate as they win against Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China during the Men’s Doubles Gold Medal match on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan on July 31, 2021. (Photo: Getty Images)
Number seven seeds in the men’s doubles badminton competition caused an upset to win gold against number three seeds from China at Tokyo 2020.
Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Yang overpowered former world champions, Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen, 21-18, 21-12 in just 34 minutes at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on 31 July.
On the way to the final, the pair had already shocked the number two seeds, Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, by beating them 21-11, 21-10 in one of the two semifinals.
In the second semifinal, Li and Liu beat Malaysia’s Chia Aaron and Soh Wooi Yik 24-22, 21-13. The pair went on to claim the bronze after beating world ranked number two Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-17, 21-17, 21-14.
ROC win a thriller against France in the women's fencing sabre team final
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has won the women’s team sabre fencing after beating France 45-41 in the final.
The ROC athletes were 20-14 down after four of the nine bouts in the final before Olga Nikitina turned it around by winning the fifth bout 11-3 over Charlotte Lembach.
Sofya Velikaya won her fifth career Olympic medal by retaining the title she won with the Russian team in 2016.
The Republic of Korea beat Italy 45-42 for the bronze.
France wins first ever judo mixed team gold medal
France have become the first judo mixed team gold medallist after beating host nation Japan 4-1 at the Nippon Budokan.
Two powerhouses of the mixed team went head-to-head for the coveted Olympic gold medal as the event made it's first appearance on the Olympic Games schedule.
It was the first time France had beaten Japan in three-meetings in the gold medal bout, with two of those previously at World Championships.
Japanese athletes have dominated judo events at Tokyo 2020, coming away with nine gold medals, two silver and one bronze - equaling the record for most judo medals won by a nation at a single Olympics (Japan holds the record with 12 from Rio 2016).
France also had a successful Olympic Judo campaign taking eight medals at Tokyo 2020 to surpass their record for most judo medals at a single Olympic Games (seven at Barcelona 1992 and London 2012).
Novak Djokovic withdraws from Tokyo 2020 mixed doubles with shoulder injury
Novak Djokovic of Team Serbia reacts after a point during his Men's Singles Bronze Medal match against Pablo Carreno Busta of Team Spain on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Novak Djokovic's Tokyo 2020 journey is over, after the world number 1 was unable to compete in the mixed doubles bronze medal match due to a shoulder injury. The match, in which he was scheduled to partner compatriot Nina Stojanovic, has now been declared a walkover, with Australia's Ash Barty and John Peers the bronze medal recipients.
Djokovic, who has won a joint all-time best 20 men's singles Grand Slam titles, has endured a difficult Olympics, losing in the singles semi-final 6-1, 3-6, 1-6 to Germany's Alexander Zverev before succumbing to Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta in the singles bronze medal decider (4-6, 7-6, 3-6).
Rugby-New Zealand claim Sevens gold with victory over France
New Zealand claimed their first ever gold medal in Olympic Rugby Sevens with a 26-12 victory over France in the final of the women’s competition at Tokyo Stadium on Saturday.
Fiji earlier followed up their gold in the men’s competition with a bronze in the women's event, beating Britain 21-12 in the third-place playoff, having narrowly lost a pulsating semi-final against New Zealand.
New Zealand won the silver medal at the Olympics five years ago, and another silver in the men’s competition in Tokyo, but finally they have their gold.
Weightlifting-China's Lyu wins gold in men's 81 kg event, but no world record
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Men's 81kg - Group A - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Xiaojun Lyu of China in action. (Photo: Reuters)
China’s Lyu Xiaojun won a gold medal in the men’s 81 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday but failed to break his own world record.
The 37-year-old lifted a combined 374 kg, falling short of the 378 kg he set to win gold at the 2019 world championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
He set three new Olympic Records - 170kg for snatch, 204 for Clean & Jerk and 374 total.
Dominican Republic’s Zacarias Bonnat Michel won the silver and Italy’s Antonino Pizzolato won the bronze.
