Tiraspol, August 9. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Bendery citizen Victor Skvortsov began his Olympic journey from 1/16 finals - fight with the Yemen athlete Zeyad Mater. Not without difficulty, our athlete prevailed over the rival and steadily passed to the following stage where he met with the Japanese judoist Shokhey Ono.
In persistent fight, Victor lost after all and finished his journey in the tournament. As it is reported on the website of the Sport State Service, Shokhey Ono became an Olympic champion in weight category below 73 kg shortly after.
We will remind that three more Pridnestrovian athletes Lilia Fiskovich, Vladimir Letnikov and Vasily Pogreban are still waitng for their starts at the Olympic Games.
At present, the USA leads according to the team rating, China is on the second place, and Australia is the third. The Russian team is on the seventh place. It's total score is 2 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals.
