American judoka, Kayla Harrison has done it again!
The 26-year-old Ohioan just won her second gold medal in the biggest tournament of them all – the Olympic Games!
Harrison faced off against France’s Audrey Tcheuméo, beating her in the final minute via armbar.
Kayla Harrison is only the second American to win Olympic medals in judo. Her coach, Jimmy Pedro, is the first.
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Kayla Harrison is the first American to win gold, but she and Jimmy Pedro are not the only Americans to win medals at the Olympics. On Tuesday, Travis Stevens won silver in the men’s 81kg division. In 2012, when Kayla won her first gold, Marti Malloy won bronze. In 2008, Ronda Rousey won a bronze in Beijing. Jimmy Pedro won bronze in Athens.
The first Olympic medal won by an American happened in 1964, when Dennis Bregman took bronze in Tokyo.
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