Olympics-Judo-Frenchwoman Agbegnenou wins women's - 63 kg gold in Tokyo

[July 27, 2021]  TOKYO (Reuters) - French judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou won the gold medal in the women's -63 kg weight class on Tuesday by defeating Slovenian Tina Trstenjak in the final.

Gold medallist Clarisse Agbegnenou of France poses with her medal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Italy's Maria Centracchio and Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Canada were awarded bronze medals.

(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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