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PARIS — Luka Mkheidze and Shirine Boukli have claimed France's first two medals of the Paris Olympics in judo. Mkheidze won silver and Boukli took home bronze. Mkheidze lost 1-0 to Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the final of the men's 60-kilogram division, disappointing a raucous crowd at Champ-de-Mars Arena. About 30 minutes before Mkheidze's loss, Boukli claimed France's first medal of its home Olympics with a victory over Spain's Laura Martinez in a bronze medal match.
