Olympics Photo of the Day: A Winner’s Circle
Members of the French judo team celebrate Olympic gold.
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The Olympic judo mixed team final between France and Japan had come down to a tie, 3-3, at the end of the regulation bouts, when the random spin of a wheel was used to decide which gender and weight class would face each other in a tie-breaker: “men’s +90kg.” France’s Teddy Riner faced off against Japan’s Tatsuru Saito, with Riner winning the bout—and a team gold medal—before a wildly cheering home crowd.
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