Nagase Triumphs in -81kg Judo to Continue Japanese Gold Rush TOKYO—Japan’s Takanori Nagase won the men’s -81kg judogold medal at the Tokyo Olympics by beating Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia in the final, extending the gold rush by Japanese judokas. Rio bronze medallist Nagase’s victory marked a fifth judo gold medal for hosts Japan at the Games, edging them closer to their previous Olympic record of eight titles in 2004 in Athens. In a grueling final that lasted over five and a half minutes, the 27-year-old Nagase, an Uchi Mata inner thigh throw specialist, delivered an ashi-guruma foot wheel to throw Mollaei down on the tatami mats to earn a waza-ari sudden-death overtime victory.