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

Natsumi Tsunoda grapples with a Mongolian athlete in the women’s 48-kilogram category judo final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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.
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