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Olympic Medal: W Over 78 kg Judo

Published: Aug. 3, 2012 at 12:42 PM

LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Idalys Ortiz of Cuba won the Olympic gold medal Friday in the over 78-kilogram weight class of women's Judo.

Mika Sugimoto of Japan was awarded the silver and bronze medals went to Karina Bryant of Britain and Tong Wen of China.

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