Silva raised her arms to the crowd in triumph as she beat Dorjsuren on a waza-ari, following a pulsating semi-finals victory that went into extra time against Romania’s Corina Caprioriu.
Gold for Silva marks a fairytale rise to the Olympic podium from a childhood in Rio’s notorious “City of God” favela, and provides redemption for a disappointing London 2012 when she was disqualified in the early rounds for a rule violation.
Portugal’s Telma Monteiro and Japan’s Kaori Matsumoto won bronze.
(Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Ken Ferris and Meredith Mazzilli)
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