[Breaking News]Judo Men’s 81kg Takanori Nagase wins gold medal for second consecutive Olympic victory (July 31, 2024)

The fifth day of the Paris Olympics 2024. Takanori Nagase (30) won the gold medal in the men’s 81 kg judo competition, becoming the first man in Olympic history to win the 81 kg class twice in a row. Nagase, who won the gold medal at the last Tokyo Olympics, faced Georgia’s Tato Grigalashvili in the final. After taking the lead with a point from a wazari, Nagase then won a tani-otoshi and won the gold medal with a stunning ippon victory. Nagase has now won medals in three consecutive Olympics, the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first man in Olympic history to win the 81 kg class twice in a row.
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