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  1. Riner equals French gold medal recordpublished at 18:38 BST 3 August 2024

    France's Teddy RinerImage source, Getty Images

    Teddy Riner has collected a fifth gold medal to become France's joint-most decorated Olympian by helping his nation to the judo mixed team title.

    Riner won the final's decisive bout to give France a 4-3 win over Japan who collected silver. South Korea took bronze after beating Germany by the same scoreline.

    Riner, 35, joins biathlete Martin Fourcade - France's only five-time Olympic champion - who won his titles at the Sochi and Pyeongchang winter Games in 2014 and 2018.

    Fencers Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret won fewer golds but had eight podium finishes in the 1920s and 1930s.

    Riner and Fourcade have won seven medals each.

  2. France's Riner wins judo goldpublished at 17:46 BST 2 August 2024

    Teddy RinerImage source, Getty Images
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    Riner is judo's most decorated Olympian

    France's Teddy Riner became the first man to win four Olympic gold medals in judo when he triumphed in the over 100kg category final on Friday.

    The 35-year-old beat South Korea's Kim Min-jong 10-0 in front of a boisterous home support which included French President Emmanuel Macron.

    Riner is judo's most decorated Olympian, having won four gold and two bronze medals since 2008.

    Tajikistan's Temur Rakhimov and Alisher Yusupov of Uzbekistan took bronze.

    "I am not sure if it's a dream! Everything is my chance and I am very happy - wow," Riner told BBC One.

    "There was a lot of pressure on my name, today I took my chance."

    In the women's over 78kg category Brazil's Beatriz Souza won gold, Raz Hershko of Israel took silver, while France's Romane Dicko and Kim Ha-yun of South Korea were awarded bronze.