The 26-year-old Cuban judoka, the reigning Olympic champion, lost to France’s Emilie Andeol in the Judo Women’s >78 kg Gold Medal bout at the 2016 Rio Games.
Ortiz and Andeol’s was a hard-fought bout that went into a golden score period, judo’s version of sudden-death overtime.
The judoka battled for an extra three minutes of golden score time before Andeol earned the win by holding Ortiz down. After 10 seconds, the point at which a yuko gets awarded, Andeol had secured her victory, but she was able to pin Ortiz for another 10 seconds, thus attaining an ippon.
With the loss, Ortiz now holds an Olympic medal of every color.
The three-time Olympian earned bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, gold in 2012 London Games, and now silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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