Korda-Inami-Ko Win Tokyo Olympic Medals In Grand Fashion
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The women’s side of Olympic golf has prized participation and medals more than the men. No surprise then that the finish was a hard fought one despite Mother Nature’s best efforts to interfere.
American Nelly Korda held off all to capture the gold affirm her status as the world’s best. Rex Hoggard from Tokyo on Korda’s performance and how she dealt with the inconveniently-timed weather delay.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko took the bronze after losing a playoff with Japan’s Mone Inami, making her a two-time medalist. And Inami, the home country hope, tied Korda at one point before bogeying the last but still delivered her homeland its first-ever medal in golf.
Capping it all off was fourth place finisher Aditi Ashok, who first became known to the golf world by making it to Rio after being randomly drawn to the sport and now, nearly medaling in Tokyo. She was even praised by India’s Prime Minister, as Chuah Choo Chiang writes.
