Brazil’s Rafaela Silva wins Olympic gold medal
Q. Who has won Host country Brazil’s first Olympic gold medal in the Rio games?- Published on 10 Aug 16a. Rafaela DeSilva
b. Rafaela Silva
c. Rafaela Garcia
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Rafaela Garcia
Brazil’s Rafaela Silva beat top seed Sumiya Dorjisuren of Mongolia to win gold in the women’s 57 kg judo on 8th August 2016 sending the crowd into joyous celebration of their first gold as host country
- This marks a triumph for Silva who was disqualified in London 2012 games
- While Rome won the silver medal, the bronze was jointly won by Portugal’s Telma Monteiro and Japan’s Kaori Matsumoto