Olympics-Judo-Croatia's Matic wins women's under 70kg gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Judo - Women -70 kg Semifinal of Table A - Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France - July 31, 2024. Barbara Matic of Croatia reacts after winning her bout against Sanne van Dijke of Netherlands. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

PARIS (Reuters) - Croatian Barbara Matic won the gold medal in the women's under 70kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

Miriam Butkereit of Germany took the silver, while Austria's Michaela Polleres and Belgium's Gabriella Willems earlier won bronze medals.

(Reporting by Zhifan Liu; Editing by Hugh Lawson)