Riner seals supremacy with judo gold

Australian Associated Press – Sat, Aug 4, 2012 1:34 AM AEST

Teddy Riner of France won the men's over-100kg Olympic judo gold medal on Friday, giving him the only medal he was missing.

Riner, 23, defeated Russia's Alexander Mikhaylin in an anti-climactic final where he was mainly on the attack.

With a record five world championship titles, Riner is judo's biggest star. He won a bronze at Beijing. On Friday, Riner used both throwing and grappling techniques to win his early fights with several match-ending ippon scores.

The bronze medals were won by Germany's Andreas Toelzer and Brazil's Rafael Silva.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
10 Australia 7 16 12 35
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