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Thirtysomethings
Some medal winners were 30 years old: Telma Monteiro (POR), Paula Pareto (ARG), Travis Stevens (USA), Yuri Alvear (COL) and Beslan Mudranov (RUS). Dirk Van Tichelt (BEL) was 32.
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Quadruple Effort
Rio was the fourth Olympics for nine athletes. Of that lot, only Telma Monteiro (POR) managed to get a medal though.
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Double Honours
Four Rio 2016 gold medallists were also winners at the
2015 Astana World Championships: Paul Pareto (ARG), Shohei Ono (JPN), Tina Trstenjak (SLO) and Teddy Riner (FRA). In London 2012, five gold medallists had won in the 2011 Paris World Championships: Kim Jae-Bum (KOR), Lucie Decosse (FRA), Tagir Khaibulaev (RUS), Teddy Riner (FRA) and Wen Tong (CHN).
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Most Ippons
The men's -90kg category had 74% of its matches won by ippon. The women's +78kg saw 70% getting ippon.
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Shidos
The men’s division saw 500 shidos given, out of 258 contests. For women, it was
204 shidos from 174 contests.
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Hansoku-Makes
Only eight hansoku-makes were given (out of 432 contests).