Romania's Alina Dumitru destroyed Yanet Bermoy of Cuba in the final of judo's -48kg category, winning with ippon after only 80 seconds to win gold.
Dumitru had caused a huge upset in the semi-final when she beat Japan's Ryoko Tani, who was aiming to win a record third successive Olympic title.
Tani did claim a record fifth Olympic medal by taking a bronze as she beat Russia's Liudmila Bogdanova.
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Dumitru, who is the European champion, dominated the final against Bermoy.
She threw Bermopy to earn waza-ari with a leg-grab before finishing her off with a text-book osoto-gari for the maximum ippon score.
Tani had not been beaten in a major international competition since 1996.
(BBC)
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