Riner vs. Kim Prediction on August 2, 2024

Match info

Judo celebrates its 60th birthday at the Paris Olympics 2024. The Japanese combat martial arts sport was first included in the Summer Games in Tokyo in 1964. It’s comprised of seven weight classes for both men and women. The heaviest and most interesting class to watch is heavyweight, which for men is +100 kg. In Paris, the home crowd favorite (and favorite of every USDT betting site), Teddy Riner, will try to defend the title in his likely last Olympics and will be challenged by an Asian duo when the medal contests start on Friday, August 2, at 5:49 p.m. local time at Champ de Mars Arena.

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Teddy Riner, one of the greatest judokas in history, is hoping to win his third gold medal at the Olympics, this time in front of his home fans in Paris. The 35-year-old native of Guadeloupe placed first at +100 kg in 2012 and 2016, and third in 2008 and 2020. Apart from his triumphs at the Olympics, Riner has won 11 world championships (no other judoka has won more than four world championships), with his most recent victory coming in 2023. There are rumors that Riner may compete in his final Olympics here in the French capital. His 10-year winning streak of 154 matches came to an end when he fell against Japan’s Kageura Kokoro at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

When Kim Min-jong won the heavyweight 2024 World Judo Championships, defeating 2020 Olympic silver medal winner Guram Tushishvili, he became the first Korean judoka to do so since 1985. The 23-year-old competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but he was eliminated in the round of 16. We anticipate a different result in Paris. In the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Paris final, Kim faced off against Riner but lost and took home silver.

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Riner is coming to the Paris Games in great shape. As we said, the greatest judoka of all time defeated Kim Min-jong to win gold at the 2024 Paris Grand Slam. Tatsuru Saito, another competitor for a gold medal at the current Olympics, was defeated to win the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya.

Betting on Riner to win gold over Kim and other top-of-the-podium contenders can’t go wrong. His ultimate triumph is valued at -752 on MyBookie.