Testers weed out drugs cheat Delpopolo
American judoka Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympic Games today after a positive drugs test and admitted he had eaten food which contained marijuana.
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American judoka Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympic Games today after a positive drugs test and admitted he had eaten food which contained marijuana.
France judo heavyweight Teddy Riner delivered Olympic gold with victory over Russian Alexander Mikhaylin at ExCeL.
Russia's Tagir Khaybulaev won the Olympic gold medal in the men's judo 100kg event today.
France's Lucie Decosse won gold in the women's -70kg category today, the country's first Olympic judo title for 12 years.
Slovenia's Urska Zolnir won her country's first Olympic judo gold on Tuesday, triumphing in the women's -63kg category.
Japan's Kaori Matsumoto won Olympic gold over Romanian Corina Caprioriu after the latter was disqualified during the Golden Score period in the women's under-57kg final at ExCeL.
Ireland's Lisa Kearney lost her judo bout to China's Wu Shugen in the under-48kgs division in the judo competition at the London Games.
Saudi Arabia's female judo competitor will fight at the London Olympics "without a hijab" the sport's chief said on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia will send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time with a judoka and an 800m runner representing the kingdom in London later this month.
History will cast a shadow over French giant Teddy Riner when he steps onto the mat at the ExCel Arena in London's Docklands on 3 August as favourite in the men's Olympics heavyweight judo category.
Japan is the birthplace of the Olympic sport of judo and the Japanese are by far the most successful team in its history but they will face a strong challenge from France in London.
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Lisa Kearney will be the first woman to compete for Ireland in judo at the Olympics after securing her place at the London Games.
| Country | Total | |||
| USA | 46 | 28 | 29 | 103 |
| China | 38 | 28 | 23 | 89 |
| Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| Russia | 25 | 25 | 32 | 82 |
| South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
