France's star judoka Teddy Riner loses quest for third consecutive gold

France’s star judoka Teddy Riner settles for bronze in Tokyo
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30/07/2021 - 08:17
France's Teddy Riner, left, and Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa compete in the judo men's heavyweight bronze medal. © Jack Guez, AFP
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French heavyweight Teddy Riner took the bronze medal in judo on Friday when he beat Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan, hours after losing his quest for a record-tying third consecutive Olympic gold medal with a strange loss to Russian athlete Tamerlan Bashaev in the quarterfinals.
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The 2.04m (6-foot-8) tall Riner lost the quarterfinal 29 seconds into golden score when he fell onto his back as he attempted to throw the 1.75m (5-foot-9) Bashaev, who was given credit for a waza ari on a sumi-otoshi throw after video review.

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