Olympics-Judo-Japanese judoka Nagase wins men’s -81 kg gold in Tokyo

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men’s 81kg - Gold medal match - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Takanori Nagase of Japan reacts after winning gold against Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia REUTERS/Sergio Perez

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Takanori Nagase won the gold medal in the men’s -81 kg weight class on Tuesday by beating Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia in the final.

Shamil Borchashvili of Austria and Matthias Casse of Belgium were awarded bronze medals.

(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Ken Ferris)