Olympics-Judo-Smetov wins men's -60kg gold for Kazakhstan

Paris 2024 Olympics - Judo - Men -60 kg Final - Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in action against Luka Mkheidze of France REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

PARIS (Reuters) - Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Luka Mkheidze of France took the silver, while Ryuju Nagayama of Japan and Spain's Francisco Garrigos earlier won bronze.