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Motion and Emotion

Yang Qian, 21, gained her fame for being so poised and collected for her age. On July 24, the Chinese shooter won the first gold medal of the Olympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020 with a victory in the women’s 10-meter air rifle, followed by Anastasiia Galashina of Russia who took the silver and Nina Christen of Switzerland who bagged the bronze.

“I wasn’t as composed as I seemed. During the qualification and the final I kept adjusting my mentality, trying to shake the pressure off me, and I think I did well in doing so,” Yang said after winning the honor. “I am very

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