Olympics-Judo-France’s Riner suffers shock defeat in hunt for 3rd straight judo gold
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men s +100kg - Quarterfinal - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Teddy Riner of France in action against Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
July 30, 2021
By Tetsushi Kajimoto
TOKYO (Reuters) – French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner suffered a shock defeat on Friday, losing to Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men’s judo +100 kg division and bowing out from the gold medal race in the quarter-finals.
The 32-year-old double Olympic champion, one of the biggest names in the sport, was aiming for a third consecutive gold to match a record held by Japanese great Tadahiro Nomura.
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