France's Teddy Riner won a record fourth Olympic judo gold medal, sending the crowd into near frenzy when he left it late to beat world number one Kim Minjong of South Korea to win the +100kg title today.

The most decorated Olympic judo athlete with six medals now holds the French Summer Olympics record of four titles after winning individual gold medals at the London and Rio Olympics and a team title in Tokyo, reports KosovaPress.

Fans were jumping from their seats, causing the stands of the Champs de Mars Arena to shake, when Riner, who lit the Paris 2024 cauldron with three-time Olympic champion Marie-Jose Perec, delivered the winning ippon to the world champion with a Harai-gochi with just 16 seconds left in the four-minute match.

The roar from the crowd was deafening and President Emmanuel Macron made his way to congratulate the new champion.

French fans broke into an impromptu rendition of the Marseille anthem in the middle of a Brazil-Netherlands beach volleyball game at the nearby venue near the Eiffel Tower as the news filtered in.

"It's crazy, I'm so happy. It shows that hard work pays off. I've said it often, but right now it's just pure happiness, pure happiness," said Riner, who had a 154-game winning streak from 2010 to 2020. .

"When it's written, it's written, that's all I have to say. It's crazy," Riner continued.

At the end of the fight, Riner showed three fingers, an obvious reference to his three individual titles - a record he shares with Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, who won three consecutive -60kg titles in 1996, 2000 and 2004.