Paris, July 27 (Xinhua) — Yeldos Smetov won the gold medal in the men’s 60kg event, giving Kazakhstan first ever Olympic judo gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
In the men’s 60kg final, two-time Olympic medalist Smetov defeated world No. 3 Luka Mkheidze of France to win his first Olympic gold, while the bronze medal was shared by Ryuju Nagayama of Japan and Spanish Francisco Garrigos.
In the women’s 48kg event, three-time world champion Natsumi Tsunoda of Japan beat Mongolia’s Baasankhuu Bavuudorj by a waza-ari during the regular time, earning Japan their first gold at the Paris Olympics, while Shirine Boukli of France shared the bronze with Tara Babulfath of Sweden.
