China’s Gong Lijiao has won the gold in the women’s shot put at the Tokyo Olympics.

The 32-year-old Gong, who won bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012, was widely considered as Team China’s best hope of an Olympic gold in field events. She displayed good form in June when she threw world-leading marks of 20.31 and 20.39 meters consecutively at China's national championships.