Tokyo (AFP)

The French Amandine Buchard, beaten in the final by the Japanese Uta Abe, won the silver medal in the judo tournament at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday in the -52 kg category, France's second at the Olympics.

Buchard's medal is also the second coming of judo, after the bronze won on Saturday by Luka Mkheidze in the -60 kg category.

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