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PARIS : Frenchman Teddy Riner claiming his fifth Olympic gold medal in a dramatic mixed team final was the highlight of the judo competition and will go down as one of the great moments of the Paris Games.
Mohammad Samim Faizad, one of only six Afghans at the Paris Olympics, denied intentionally doping on Saturday after he was provisionally suspended having failed a test for a banned steroid. The 21-year-old judoka, who was beaten 11-0 in the French capital on Tuesday in the men's -81kg category, had told AFP on the eve of the Games that competing at the Olympics was a dream come true. He was provisionally suspended on Friday after a test "returned an adverse analytical finding for the non-specified substance stanozolol metabolites", the International Testing Agency said.
PARIS : Teddy Riner won the decisive bout against Japan's Tatsuru Saito in a moment of great drama to give France the judo mixed team title at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning him a national record-equalling fifth Olympic gold medal.
PARIS : Individual champion Teddy Riner led France into the judo mixed team final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, causing such excitement among the home crowd that officials at the venue had to ask fans to stop stamping their feet and making the stands shake.
PARIS :Teddy Riner is 35, he is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics and he claimed a record fourth gold on Friday but the Frenchman might not even be done yet.
PARIS : Teddy Riner is 35, he is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics and he claimed a record fourth gold on Friday, but the Frenchman might not even be done yet.
PARIS : Brazilian Beatriz Souza won the gold medal in the women's over 78kg category in judo at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
PARIS :French judoka Teddy Riner raised his level to book a spot in the semi-finals of the men's +100kg category, beating Georgia's Guram Tushishvili at the Paris Games on Friday to stay on course for a fourth Olympic gold medal.