Triathlon
Japan's Yuka bags first YOG Gold

Japan's Yuka Sato (right) emerging from the water at East Coast Park after the first leg of the girls' triathlon.

Yuka Sato crosses the finish line and bags the Youth Olympics' first gold medal in 1:00:49.69.

The first gold medal to be handed out goes to Japan's Yuka Sato (centre), Australian Ellie Salthouse (left), 17, took the silver medal, and American Kelly Whitley (right), 17, the bronze.

The only competitor in the event with a top-10 finish at last year's World Junior Championships, Sato was one of the favourites to strike gold and she lived up to expectations. A surging run brought her to the front of the pack at the end of the first run leg, a lead she did not relinquish.

Australia's Ellie Salthouse, who won the YOG Oceania Qualifier as well as the 2009 Aquathlon World Championships finished a mere 14.7 sec behind in second (1hr 1 min 4.39 sec), with Kelly Whitley of the US taking third place.



Weightlifting
Vietnam's gold extra special

Thach Kim Tuan of Vietnam reacts after lifting 140kg in the men's 56kg weightlifting finals.
Kim cleared 140kg on his third and final attempt in the boys' 56kg clean-and-jerk yesterday to secure Vietnam's first gold medal in any Olympic competition. His earlier lift of 116kg in the snatch gave him a total weight of 256kg to secure the gold at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

Tian Yuan of China clears a gold medal lift, during the women's 48kg weightlifting finals of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall in Singapore.

Tian Yuan successfully lifted 85kg in the Snatch and 105kg in the Clean & Jerk categories.



Taekwondo
Easy taekwondo gold for Israel

Israeli Haimovitz Gili (right) kicks Argentina's Lucas Guzman during Men's -48kg Taekwondo semi final match at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday.

ISRAELI Gili Haimovitz walked away with the boys' 48kg title on the first day of the taekwondo competition - without having to land a kick in the final.

The 17-year-old was handed the victory after Iran's Mohammad Soleimani, 16, pulled out moments before the final with a recurring leg injury.

Russia's Anastasia Valueva (left) confronts her opponent TUNCER Seyma of Turkey during Women's -44kg Taekwondo semifinal match on Sunday. Anastasia Valueva won the gold medal against Ukraine's Iryna Romoldanova in the final of Women's -44kg Taekwondo match.