Travis Stevens Pins His Way Into the Semifinals of 81kg Judo

In his third Olympics, former San Jose State Spartan Travis Stevens is just one win away from his first medal.

The U.S. judoka won his first three matches during the preliminary rounds of the men's 81kg tournament on Tuesday. Two of those matches – a Round of 16 battle with Uzbekistan's Shaxzod Sobirov and a quarterfinal duel with Bulgaria's Ivaylo Ivanov – ended when Stevens held down his opponent for 20 seconds to score an immediate victory by ippon.

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