Tokyo Olympics: First medal for Team GB as Chelsie Giles wins bronze
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Chelsie Giles has won Team GB's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in women's judo.
The 24-year-old from Coventry beat Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in the -52kg event.
After thrashing Macedonia's Arbresha Rexhepi and Morocco's Soumiya Iraoui she reached the quarter-final, where she was beaten by Japan's Uta Abe.
She was given another chance to claim victory though, after beating Belgium's Charline van Snick and then Kocher in their bronze medal match.
Judo is a martial art and roughly translates as 'gentle way' in Japanese, and though it can appear to be anything but gentle, it takes a great deal of skill and technique to master.
The 24-year-old from Coventry beat Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher
Chelsie, who's ranked 10th in the world, claimed her first Grand Slam gold medal in Israel earlier this year.
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