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China leading Tokyo Olympics 2020 with 29 gold medals
Beijing: In Tokyo Olympics 2020, China is leading the medal table with 29 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze medals, surpassing its gold medal haul from the previous Olympics.
China is in lead followed by the United States with 22 golds, 25 silvers and 17 bronze while, the host Japan is in third with 17 golds, six silvers and 10 bronzes.
There are now 57 different nations with at least one gold medal so far and 80 with at least one medal of any colour.
Previously, at the 2016 Rio Games, China finished third in the standings behind the US and Great Britain, with 26 gold medals.
After topping the standings with 48 golds at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Team China finished second behind the United States with 38 golds at London in 2012.