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Brazil judo star injured as Argentina and Russia grab first two golds

Xinhua, August 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Paula Pareto from Argentina and Beslan Mudranov from Russia grabbed the gold medals on day one of the Rio Olympic Games judo competition, but there was heartache for home favorite Sarah Menezes as she ended up in hospital rather than on the podium here on Saturday.

In the women's 48kg, Pareto became the first Argentinian judoka to win an Olympic Games gold. The 2015 world champion dominated Jeong Bokyeong from South Korea in the final and won by waza-ari.

The bronze medals went to Ami Kondo of Japan and Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh of Kazakhstan.

London 2012 Olympic champion Menezes came into the Games as a huge medal hope for Brazil but lost in the quarterfinal against Dayaris Mestre Alvarez of Cuba and then in the repechage to Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia, suffering a dislocated ellbow in the bout.

Mudranov defeated 2015 world champion Yeldos Smetov by golden score in the extra time in the men's 60kg final.

Naohisa Takato of Japan and Diyorbek Urozboev of Uzbekistan earned the bronze medals. Endit