{"id":18027,"date":"2021-07-26T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18027"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:32:08","slug":"kosovo-eyeing-for-another-gold-at-the-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-eyeing-for-another-gold-at-the-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Nora Gjakova delivers Kosovo its second gold at the Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovan judoka Nora Gjakova secured her country the second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Her victory came after defeating French judoka Sarah-L\u00e9onie Cysique at the 57 kg class final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A second <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gold<\/a> for Kosovo!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gold<\/a> for Nora Gjakova of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KOS<\/a>  in the women\u2019s -57kg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/judo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#judo<\/a> on her second <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Olympics<\/a> appearance.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrongerTogether<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tokyo2020<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Judo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Judo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KO5lUWsbXX\">pic.twitter.com\/KO5lUWsbXX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Olympics (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/1419602063047135233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kosovo raked in its first gold at the Tokyo Olympics with Distria Krasniqi, the new world champion for the 48 kilograms class.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was on a winning streak as earlier on she also defeated Japan\u2019s Yoshida Tsukasa and Slovenian Kaja Kajzer.<\/p>\n<p>At the Doha Masters World Tour and Judo World Championship in Budapest held this year, Gjakova won the bronze medal, while bringing home the gold in the 2018 European Championship held in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Among other athletes representing Kosovo at the Tokyo Olympics, Akil Gjakova was defeated by Mongolia\u2019s Oshir Tsend at the quarterfinals in the 73 kilograms class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/24\/kosovan-judoka-wins-the-gold-medal-at-the-olympics\/\">Kosovan judoka wins the gold medal at the Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/21\/albania-to-be-represented-by-9-athletes-in-the-tokyo-olympics-2020\/\">Albania to be represented by 9 athletes in the Tokyo Olympics 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/07\/sports-icon-majlinda-kelmendi-the-judo-champion-inspiring-kosovo-youth\/\">Sports icon, Majlinda Kelmendi \u2013 the Judo World champion inspiring Kosovo youth<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovan judoka Nora Gjakova secured her country the second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. 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