Bleacher Report · Jul 28, 2021
Medal Count 2021 Olympics: Updated Standings, Highlights After Day 5
Day 5 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ended with Japan holding onto its lead in the gold-medal standings by the slimmest of margins.
In one of the final events of the day, Japanese gymnast Daiki Hashimoto won the gold medal in the men's all-around competition, edging out China's Xiao Routeng by .4 of a point. The 19-year-old's razor-thin victory gave Japan its 13th gold medal of the Summer Games, one more than China.
“Five years ago, I didn’t imagine myself standing here,” Hashimoto said, per the New York Times' Ken Belson. “The Olympics wasn’t even a realistic goal for me at the time, it was only a dream. And now that dream has come true and I’ve become a champion.”