Olympic Judo 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Saturday's Results
The Olympic judo finals produced two stunning contests in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, with Paula Pareto of Argentina winning the women's 48-kilogram gold medal and Beslan Mudranov claiming the Men's 60-kilogram title for Russia.
Pareto produced a vintage display as the current world champion defeated Korea's Jeong Bokyeong, winning 10s2-0.
Mudranov defeated 23-year-old Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan 10-0 in a golden score, with the world champion taking home the silver medal.
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There were bronze medals in the women's class for Ami Kondo of Japan and Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh of Kazakhstan, while Japanese athlete Naohisa Takato and Uzbekistan representative Diyorbek Urozboev both took bronze in the men's competition.
Here are the confirmed medals for Saturday's judo event:
| Gold | Paula Pareto | Argentina |
| Silver | Jeong Bokyeong | Korea |
| Bronze | Ami Kondo | Japan |
| Bronze | Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh | Kazakhstan |
| Gold | Beslan Mudranov | Russia |
| Silver | Yeldos Smetov | Kazakhstan |
| Bronze | Naohisa Takato | Japan |
| Bronze | Diyorbek Urozboev | Uzbekistan |
Here is the latest Olympic medals table:
Pareto scooped her country's first-ever judo gold medal after she put on a masterclass to beat Bokyeong. Defending champion Sarah Menezes crashed out in the quarter-finals, leaving the door open for a new gold medalist to prevail.
The Argentinian struggled in the opening moments of her contest and had to receive treatment.
However, the judoka moved through the gears and exposed her repertoire to claim the victory against a feisty opponent.
The 30-year-old battled back to land a waza-ari on the Korean and defended her territory to remain in control.
Mudranov gave Russia their first gold of the Rio Games when he beat world champion Smetov with a golden score waza-ari.
Pareto was many people's favourite, and her maturity came to the fore as she suffered a difficult opening.
Bokyeong is a top-class athlete and the current world championship bronze medalist; her style was always going to create difficulty for the new champion.
Smetov was arguably the favourite going into the men's final event, but he had a bad day at the office as the Russian prevailed with steely focus.
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