Olympics-Judo-Judoka Tonaki one bout from Japan's first Tokyo 2020 gold

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By Ebrahim in Sports
Updated 3 years ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Funa Tonaki reached the final in her 48kg class on Saturday, leaving her just one bout away from winning her country's first Tokyo 2020 gold medal later in the day. Tonaki, a one-time world champion making her Olympic debut, won a nailbiting semi-final with an ippon - judo's equivalent of a knockout - by pinning beat Ukraine's Daria Bilodid in Golden Score overtime.

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