Japan's Tosaka wins 48kg women's freestyle wrestling gold

Japan's Eri Tosaka celebrates after winning against Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnyk in their women's 48kg freestyle final match on August 17, 2016

Eri Tosaka of Japan won the women's freestyle wrestling 48kg gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday with victory over Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan in the final. Tosaka added Olympic gold to world titles won in 2013, 2014 and 2015, as well as the 2014 Asian Games crown, while Stadnik matched the silver she won at the London Olympics four years ago. Bulgaria's Elitsa Atanasova and China's Sun Yanan earned bronze.