Uzbekistan's first gold and Hifumi's second title. Judo finals at the Olympics took place
Liam Carter
Dailysports's expert
The judo finals in both women's and men's categories took place at the Paris Olympics.
Men competed in the 66 kg weight category, while women competed in the 52 kg category.
Japanese judoka Abe Hifumi won the gold medal in men's judo. This is the second gold medal for Japan in Paris. Yesterday, Tsunoda Natsumi from Japan also won gold in the women's 48 kg judo category.
Note that Hifumi has already won a gold medal in judo at the 2020 Olympics.
The silver medal in men's judo was claimed by Brazilian Willian Lima. The bronze medals went to Gusman Kyrgyzbayev from Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru from Moldova. Notably, this is the first medal for Moldova at these Olympic Games.
In the women's 52 kg category, Diyora Keldiyorova from Uzbekistan emerged victorious. She defeated Distria Krasniqi from Kosovo in the final match.
The bronze medals were awarded to Larissa Pimenta from Brazil and Amandine Buchard from France.
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