Judoka Natsumi Tsunoda Wins Gold; Japan’s First Medal of 2024 Paris Olympics

The Japan News

5:40 JST, July 28, 2024

Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women’s 48-kilogram category in judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday clinching Japan’s first Olympic medal at the Games.

In the final, Tsunoda defeated Mongol’s Baasankhuu Bavuudorj with tomoe-nage.

This is Tsunoda’s first appearance at the Olympics. She won all her matches by ippon and advanced to the final, where she won the gold medal by wazaari.