Paris 2024 Olympics - Judo - Women -48 kg Final - Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Natsumi Tsunoda of Japan in action against Baasankhuu Bavuudorj of Mongolia REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
PARIS (Reuters) -Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48 kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won gold in the men's under 60kg category.
Luka Mkheidze of France took the silver after being defeated by Smetov, while Ryuju Nagayama of Japan and Spain's Francisco Garrigos earlier won the bronze medals.
In the women's extra lightweight category, Mongolia's Baasankhuu Bavuudorj took silver after her defeat to Tsunoda.
France's Shirine Boukli claimed a bronze on her home soil by defeating Spaniard Laura Martínez Abelenda. Sweden's Tara Babulfath also won a bronze after beating Abiba Abuzhakynova of Kazakhstan.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings and Zhifan Liu in Paris; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alison Williams)
