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Yeldos Smetov is a Kazakh judoka and Olympic champion in the under 60 kg weight category. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Judo Championships, and also competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympics.
Jul 27, 2024 · Kazakhstan's Yeldos Smetov completed his Olympic collection with the gold medal in the first men's judo event of Paris 2024. He defeated France's Luka Mkheidze, who took silver, in a close final after sharing the podium in Tokyo 2020.
Jul 30, 2024 · Yeldos Smetov first came to the World Judo Tour, competing in the Warsaw World Cup, as it was then, at just 16 years old. Fifteen years later and the 31 year old is still here, only now he is Olympic champion.
Jul 27, 2024 · Watch how Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan defeated France's Luka Mkheidze to claim the 60kg gold medal at the Paris Games. Smetov had won silver and bronze in the previous two Olympics.
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Jul 27, 2024 · Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48kg judo and Kazakhstan's Yeldos Smetov won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Jul 27, 2024 · PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Luka Mkheidze of France took the silver, while Ryuju Nagayama...
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Jul 27, 2024 · The 2015 world champion defeated Luka Mkheidze (FRA) in the final by a waza-ari. Smetov added the Olympic title to his world title nine years later, after a long and prolific career.