Hifumi Abe – Credit: USA Today Sports
PARIS – Japan’s Hifumi Abe won the gold medal in the men’s under 66kg (145lbs) judo at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Brazil’s Willian Lima took the silver, while Kazakhstan’s Gusman Kyrgyzbayev and Moldovia’s Denis Vieru earlier won bronze medals.
Abe also won gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, doing so just minutes apart from his sister, Uta, doing the same. Uta Abe was eliminated Sunday before the medal rounds.
Women’s 52kg
Uzbekistan’s Diyora Keldiyorova won the gold medal in the women’s under 52kg (114lbs) judo.
Kosovo’s Distria Krasniqi took the silver, while Brazil’s Larissa Pimenta and France’s Amandine Buchard won bronze medals.
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