Teddy Riner won his third fight against the German Losseni Kone, 22nd in the world. The three-time Olympic champion had to deal with two penalties taken quite quickly, which could have made him doubt.
In the semi-finals, the judoka with 11 world titles will face either the Uzbek Alisher Yusupov or the Georgian Saba Inaneishvili. Riner ended the fight by ippon after almost three minutes of fighting, his longest so far.