Olympics-Judo medals spark French fan fervour at Paris Games


Paris 2024 Olympics - Judo - Men -60 kg Victory Ceremony - Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Silver medalist Luka Mkheidze of France pose for pictures on the podium REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

PARIS (Reuters) - If the judo dojo at the foot of the Eiffel Tower was anything to go by, then France's Olympic delegation is set to have some wild days in the next two weeks after its two representatives won medals on Saturday to ecstatic cheering.

Under the watchful eye of President Emmanuel Macron, who had just sat on the side of the tatami minutes before, Luka Mkheidze, who was given refugee status in 2010 after fleeing Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, won the host nation's first silver medal, losing to his Kazakh opponent.

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