PARIS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Yeldos Smetov won the gold medal in the Paris 2024 judo men's 60kg category here on Saturday, winning his and Kazakhstan's first ever Olympic judo gold.
In the final, two-time Olympic medalist Smetov defeated world No. 3 Luka Mkheidze of France. Both competitors beat their results from the Tokyo Olympics, where they had shared the podium to take the bronze medal.
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