Majlinda Kelmendi stood on the podium with a wide smile on her face. A gold medal hung around her neck, and not just any gold medal — the first one ever for Kosovo. Kelmendi went to Rio with Kosovo’s first Olympic team, and she knew she had to deliver in the women’s 52-kg judo competition […]
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