Galstyan Wins First Gold For Russia in Judo
Arsen Galstyan
© AFP/ FRANCK FIFE20:05 28/07/2012LONDON, July 28 (RIA Novosti)
Russian judoka Arsen Galstyan won his country’s first Olympic gold
medal in London on Saturday, beating Japan’s Hiroaki Hiraoka in the
60-kilogram final.
It took the Russian little more than 40 seconds to seal a win by ippon.
The bronze medals went to Uzbekistan’s Rishod Sobirov and Brazil’s
Felipe Kitadai.
In the women’s 48 kilogram catergory, the gold medal went to Sarah
Menezes of Brazil after she defeated Romania’s Alina Dumitru by
waza-ari in the final.
The bronze medals went to Charline van Snick of Belgium and Hungary’s
Eva Czernoviczki.
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