Japan's Haruka Tachimoto won a surprise gold medal in the women's Olympic judo under-70kg division in Rio on Wednesday Aug 10,2016
The 26-year-old world number 14, who had never before won a major individual medal, beat three-time world champion Yuri Alvear of Colombia in the final after countering a hip throw attempt and then pinning her opponent for the maximum ippon score.
Britain's Sally Conway and Laura Vargas Koch of Germany claimed the bronze medals.
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