Olympics: Judoka Takato wins Japan's 1st gold of Tokyo Games

Judoka Naohisa Takato won Japan's first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating Taiwan's Yang Yung-wei in the men's 60-kilogram final.His victory came shortly after fellow judoka Funa Tonaki earned Japan's first medal of the games, a silver, after falling to Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in the women's 48-kg final.Takato, the Rio de Janeiro Olympic bronze medalist, beat Yang in golden score extra time at Nippon Budokan after the Taiwanese was disqualified for committing his third foul.Having battled through two exhausting contests on his way to the gold-medal match, Takato stuck …READ FULL ARTICLE