Canada continues to make Olympic history as Christa Deguchi has captured the country’s first-ever gold medal in judo.
This comes after a very tense gold medal bout against South Korea’s Mimi Huh that had to go into sudden death golden score. Mimi was eventually disqualified after a false attack, handing Canada its first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the first-ever judo gold medal finish.
FIRST CANADIAN WOMAN TO WIN JUDO GOLD 🥇
Canada’s Christa Deguchi wins gold in the women’s 57kg judo final at #Paris2024 #MedalMoments presented by @petrocanada pic.twitter.com/sEAZjzvTyt
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 29, 2024
Deguchi entered the tournament as the world’s top-ranked judo competitor in women’s 57kg while Mimi was ranked third in the category.
More to come…