Olympics: Judoka Tonaki wins silver for Japan's 1st medal at Tokyo Olympics

Judoka Funa Tonaki fell to Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in the women's under 48-kilogram final on Saturday, her silver the host nation's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics.The 25-year-old Tonaki, who was making her Olympic debut after finishing runner-up at the 2019 world championships in Tokyo, lost by a waza-ari uchi-mata technique to Krasniqi, the 2019 world bronze medalist at 48 kg, at Nippon Budokan.The 2017 world champion attacked at the outset against world No. 1 Krasniqi, who also sought to fight on the front foot.With both judoka hunting for ippon in an aggressive contest, Krasniqi ma…READ FULL ARTICLE