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Rio 2016: Tina Trstenjak - the final match that brought her the Olympic gold medal [video]

Tina Trstenjak – Rio 2016 gold medal

Watch the final match in which Tina Trstenjak won the Olympic gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In the final of the category up to 63 kilograms, she defeated Clarissa Agbegnenou with an ipon and wrote a new historic day for Slovenian sports. With this, Bera's tally of Olympic medals from the Summer Olympics in Slovenia increased to 20, to which judo, together with Urška Žolnir, Lucija Polavder and Trstenjakova, already contributed four medals! Tina Trstenjak succeeded Urška Žolnir on the Olympic throne. Take a look at her ipon, which won her a minor medal at the OI. With the Olympic title, she became one of the eight judokas to hold all three titles from the biggest competitions - European, World and Olympic!

25 years old judoka Tina Trstenjak is returning to Slovenia on Sunday, August 14, 2016, namely through the airport in Trieste. Until then, we'll be hers final performance and relive its historical event at least a hundred times. Her way to the final was through the tough Italian Edwige Gwend, who was her opponent in the round of 16.

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The Brazilian was the last obstacle for Tina Trstenjak on her way to the final.
The Brazilian was the last obstacle for Tina Trstenjak on her way to the final.

In the quarter-finals, the Chinese woman was waiting for her Junsjo Jang, and for the final she fought with a local woman Mariano Silva, which she is, like the French woman Clarissa Agbegnenou in the final, towards the end got in a grip, from which the rivals did not escape. When it was all over, the force-focused Trstenjakova sneaked out a smile on his face, which she has been cooking up since the beginning. As expected, he spread himself up to his ears.

Highlights from Tina Trstenjak's final match:

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