Olympics | French judo legend Riner wins men's +100kg gold (updated)


By Hu JialiYang Fan
  • World
  • Saturday, 03 Aug 2024

PARIS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Five-time Olympian Teddy Riner of France has become the only male judoka with five individual Olympic medals after claiming gold in the men's over 100kg at the Paris Olympics on Friday.

Riner defeated world No. 1 Kim Min-jong of South Korea by an ippon, winning his third Olympic individual gold since Beijing 2008. Alisher Yusupov of Uzbekistan and Temur Rakhimov of Tajikistan shared the bronze.

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