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After helping light the Olympic cauldron for the Paris Games a week ago, French icon Teddy Riner also delivered on the field of play when he claimed a record fourth judo gold at the Games on Friday. Riner beat world champion Kim Minjong of South Korea by ippon with less than 20 seconds left in the +100 kilogram category gold medal bout in front of a partizan crowd including French President Emmanuel Macron at Champs-de-Mars Arena. Riner rules Riner now has 2012, 2016 and 2024 gold, and 2008 and 2020 bronze in the discipline, and he also has a 2020 mixed team gold as he surpassed Japan’s great …

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