Wolf, Hamada give Japan two more gold medals in judo at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, July 29– Japanese judoka Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada dominated in the men’s -100 kg and women’s -78 kg division respectively on Thursday, as the host nation has collected eight gold medals in judo at Tokyo 2020.. Jorge Fonseca of Portugal and Niiaz Iliasov of the Russian Olympic Committee bagged bronze medals. Anna-Maria Wagner of Germany and Mayra Aguiar…

TOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) — Japanese judoka Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada dominated in the men’s -100kg and women’s -78kg division respectively on Thursday, as the host nation has collected eight gold medals in judo at Tokyo 2020.

World champion Wolf beat Cho Gu-ham of South Korea by a clean throw in the men’s -100kg final. Jorge Fonseca of Portugal and Niiaz Iliasov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) bagged bronze medals.

Women’s -78kg final saw a quick and overwhelming bout when Hamada beat French Madeleine Malonga by an ippon in one minute and eight seconds.

Anna-Maria Wagner of Germany and Mayra Aguiar of Brazil shared bronze medals in the category. Ma Zhenzhao of China was eliminated in the round of 32. Enditem