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Summary The second-seeded Menezes dethroned reigning champion Alina Dumitru of Romania in the final.
Sarah Menezes won a historic first Olympic judo gold medal for Brazils women in the under-48kg category at the ExCel Arena on Saturday.Hungarian Eva Csernoviczki came back from being strangled unconscious in the quarter-finals to beat world number one Tomoko Fukumi for bronze. And she was joined on the podium by her last eight tormentor, Charline van Snick of Belgium, who beat Argentinas Paula Pareto for her bronze medal.
