American judoka Travis Stevens lost a dramatic semifinal match to defending Olympic champion Ole Bischof, then lost again in the bronze-medal match to miss the podium this morning.
Stevens suffered a huge cut above his eye in overtime, but kept fighting:
At the end of the match, neither judoka had scored a point, so the decision went to the judges.
When the decision came down, Bischof erupted in joy:
Stevens, meanwhile, crashed to the floor:
He was consoled by his coach, but lost the bronze-medal match less than an hour later:
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