Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi captured the women's javelin gold medal thanks to a season-best throw of 65.80 meters at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, with the 26-year-old reigning world champion's first attempt of the competition never bettered.Jo-Ane van Dyk of South Africa won silver at Stade de France with a 63.93-meter throw on her third attempt and Nikola Ogrodnikova of the Czech Republic earned bronze with her own season-best throw of 63.68 meters.At her second Olympics after finishing 12th in Tokyo, Kitaguchi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in an…READ FULL ARTICLE