Rio Olympics 2016: Harrison defends judo title as Krpalek wins gold

Kayla Harrison of the United States beat Audrey Tcheumeo of France by ippon to defend her women's -78kg Olympic judo title in Rio.

Britain's Natalie Powell went out in the quarter-finals, later losing a repechage. Brazil's Mayar Aguiar and Slovenia's Anamari Velensek won bronze.

In the men's -100kg division, Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic beat Azerbaijani world number one Elmar Gasimov by ippon to win gold.

GB's Ben Fletcher lost in the last 32.

The bronze medals went to Japan's Ryunosuke Haga and Cyrille Maret of France, on his 29th birthday.

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