Sensation in Tokyo: Teddy Riner was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games by Russian Tamerlan Bashaev, current world No. 1.

The star of French judo, who will not be a triple Olympic champion, can still win bronze if he wins two fights. 

Teddy Riner, who was in search of a third consecutive Olympic title in the +100 kg, was beaten in the quarter-finals by the Russian Tamerlan Bashaev and could only win a bronze medal on Friday at the Games of Tokyo. In a fight he seemed to master against the world No. 1, Riner was countered in the golden score and beaten on waza-ari. In the afternoon, he will have to win two fights to hope for bronze.