Christa Deguchi has won Canada's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a victory in the under-57 kilogram judo event.
PARIS — Christa Deguchi didn't even know the full extent of Canadian history she had made in her Olympics debut.
The 28-year-old won Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in judo with a win over South Korea's Huh Mimi in the under-57 kilogram category at Arena Champ-de-Mars on Monday. The gold adds to Deguchi's impressive resume that includes four world championship medals . Deguchi, the world's top-ranked female judoka, defeated Huh in the final when the South Korean was flagged for a false attack in sudden-death overtime, giving her a match-ending third penalty.
She advanced to the final with a win over crowd favourite and No. 5 Sarah-Léonie Cysique of France. Deguchi admitted Cysique was her toughest matchup, having hurt her right knee and Cysique changing things up from the few other times they had squared off. However, no self-critiquing of her performances or wins by penalty could take away from her big moment.
Klimkait eventually secured the spot in the Olympics after winning the 2021 world title and then became the first Canadian woman to stand on an Olympic podium, earning bronze."I still can't believe that I've done it," she said of her golden moment."It's been a long journey for me to come to Paris."
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