角田が金メダル　永山は銅―柔道〔五輪〕

　柔道は２７日、男女各１階級が行われ、女子４８キロ級は角田夏実（ＳＢＣ湘南美容クリニック）が決勝でバーサンフー・バブードルジ（モンゴル）に勝ち、金メダルを獲得した。今大会の日本選手メダル第１号に輝き、日本の夏季五輪通算５００個目のメダルとなった。
　日本勢でこの階級の優勝は、２００４年アテネ五輪の谷亮子以来２０年ぶり。
　男子６０キロ級の永山竜樹（ＳＢＣ湘南美容クリニック）は３位決定戦でサリフ・ユルドゥズ（トルコ）に勝ち、銅メダル。準々決勝で敗れたが、敗者復活戦で勝ち上がった。　（時事）（2024/07/28-01:40）

Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won gold in the women's 48-kilogram judo competition at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, bringing the first medal to the Asian country in the Summer Games.
   She defeated Mongolia's Bavuudorj Baasankhuu in the final. She is the first Japanese judoka to win the women's 48-kg event at an Olympics since Ryoko Tani in the 2004 Athens Games.
   Tsunoda's gold medal is the 500th Summer Olympic medal for Japan. The country made its Olympic debut at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm. In the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Ichiya Kumagai netted a silver medal in the men's tennis singles competition, which became the first Olympic medal for Japan.
   Japan's Summer Games medal haul had reached 499 in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
   Among other Japanese judoka at the Paris Olympics, Ryuju Nagayama clinched a bronze medal in the men's 60-kg category.