Olympics: Women's judoka Natsumi Tsunoda wins Japan's 1st gold in Paris

Natsumi Tsunoda secured Japan's first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics, a gold, by outpointing Mongolian world champion Baasankhuu Bavuudorj in the women's 48-kilogram judo final on Saturday.Japan's Ryuju Nagayama, meanwhile, won men's 60-kg bronze after being controversially knocked out of gold medal contention at the Champ-de-Mars Arena.Making her Olympic debut, the 31-year-old Tsunoda racked up five straight victories on her way to winning Japan's 500th Summer Olympic medal, including a resounding ippon defeat of local favorite and eventual bronze medalist Shirine Boukli in the quarterfi…READ FULL ARTICLE