Chelsie Giles wins Britain’s first medal of Tokyo Olympics with bronze in judo

• 24-year-old from Coventry takes medal in -52kg repechage
• Team GB also guaranteed at least a silver in men’s taekwondo

Chelsie Giles claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics, winning bronze defeating Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher in the women’s -52kg judo.

The 24-year-old from Coventry, who bagged her first grand slam gold medal in Israel earlier this year, overcame Macedonia’s Arbresha Rexhepi and Morocco’s Soumiya Iraoui to reach the quarter-final, where she was beaten by Japan’s Uta Abe.

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