[Breaking News]Japan loses to France in the mixed team judo final at the Paris Olympics, winning the silver medal (August 4, 2024)

The ninth day of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The final of the judo mixed team took place, and Japan won the silver medal for the second consecutive tournament. In the final of the judo mixed team, where the first team to win four games wins, Japan faced France, the gold medalist at the previous Tokyo Olympics. The first player, Sanshiro Murao, the second, Rika Takayama, and the fourth, Natsumi Kakuta, won and put Japan in checkmate. However, they struggled after that, and after the sixth player, the score was 3 wins and 3 losses, and the decision was carried over to the representative match. As a result of the draw, the men’s over 90 kg class was decided, and Saito Ryu competed in the representative match, but he lost by ippon and won the silver medal as in the previous Tokyo Olympics. Saito, who fought in the representative match, shed tears in an interview after the match, saying, “I thought I would be given another chance in the representative match because I lost in the finals (of the mixed team), but I was beaten in the same way, and it’s a match that I really regret.”
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