Olympics-Judo-Kosovo's Krasniqi wins first judo gold medal at Tokyo 2020


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Women's 48kg - Semifinal - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo reacts after winning REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kosovo's judoka Distria Krasniqi won the gold medal in the women's -48kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating Japanese rival Funa Tonaki in the final.

Bronze medals went to Daria Bilodid of Ukraine and Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia.

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