TOKYO-- Cho Guham captured the silver medal in the men's 100kg judo event on Thursday, bringing South Korea its third judo medal from the Tokyo Olympics.
Cho lost to Aaron Wolf of Japan in the gold medal match at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
An Baul in the men's 66kg and An Chang-rim in the men's 73kg had each won a bronze medal.
South Korea is still looking for its first Olympic judo gold since 2012.
Cho, world No. 6, beat No. 2-ranked Jorge Fonseca of Portugal in the semifinals to set up a match with Wolf. Neither Cho nor Wolf earned a point in four minutes of regulation, which set up an extra time where the golden score, or the first point, would finish the match.
The clock ran for 5:35 before Wolf applied o-uchi-gari, or big inner reap, to score the ippon victory.
Cho, who turns 29 Friday, also competed in the 2016 Olympics. He suffered a left knee injury three months before the event, and ended up getting knocked out in the round of 16 despite his medal contender status.
Source: Yonhap News Agency