PARIS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Five-time Olympian Teddy Riner of France claimed gold in the men's over 100kg at the Paris Olympics here on Friday, becoming the only male judoka with five individual Olympic medals.

Riner defeated world No. 1 Kim Min-jong of South Korea by an ippon, winning his fourth Olympic gold since Beijing 2008. Alisher Yusupov of Uzbekistan and Temur Rakhimov of Tajikistan shared the bronze.

Beatriz Souza of Brazil won women's over 78kg gold, defeating Raz Hershko of Israel by a waza-ari in the final. The bronze went to Kim Ha-yun of South Korea and Romane Dicko of France. Enditem

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