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USA's Nefeli Papadakis is thrown by South Korea's Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics. Yoon defeated Papadakis in the match.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis is thrown by South Korea’s Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics. Yoon defeated Papadakis in the match.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis walks off after being defeated by South Korea's Yoon Hyunji in their preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis walks off after being defeated by South Korea’s Yoon Hyunji in their preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
Stavros Papadakis, 58, watches his daughter Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women's 78kg judo weight class at the Tokyo Olympics during a watch party, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
Stavros Papadakis, 58, watches his daughter Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women’s 78kg judo weight class at the Tokyo Olympics during a watch party, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
Friends and family gather to see Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women's 78kg judo weight class at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics during a watch party at the Papadakis home, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
Friends and family gather to see Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women’s 78kg judo weight class at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics during a watch party at the Papadakis home, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis after being defeated by South Korea's Yoon Hyunji in their preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021 at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis after being defeated by South Korea’s Yoon Hyunji in their preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021 at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis after being thrown by South Korea's Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics. Papadakis would lose to Yoon in the match.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis after being thrown by South Korea’s Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics. Papadakis would lose to Yoon in the match.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis competes against South Korea's Hyunji Yoon in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis competes against South Korea’s Hyunji Yoon in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis competes against South Korea's Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis competes against South Korea’s Yoon Hyunji in her preliminary 78kg judo competition, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA's Nefeli Papadakis prepares to compete in the 78kg judo preliminary rounds, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
USA’s Nefeli Papadakis prepares to compete in the 78kg judo preliminary rounds, July 29, 2021, at the Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics.
Nefeli Papadakis's medals hang on a basement wall at her family's home in Gurnee.
Nefeli Papadakis’s medals hang on a basement wall at her family’s home in Gurnee.
Nefeli Papadakis's basement gym at her family's home in Gurnee.
Nefeli Papadakis’s basement gym at her family’s home in Gurnee.
Friends and family gather to see Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women's 78kg judo weight class at the Tokyo Olympics during a watch party at the Papadakis home, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
Friends and family gather to see Nefeli Papadakis, 22, compete in the women’s 78kg judo weight class at the Tokyo Olympics during a watch party at the Papadakis home, July 28, 2021, in Gurnee.
Nefeli Papadakis talks to her father and coach Steve Papadakis while training in Chicago on July 13, 2021.
Nefeli Papadakis talks to her father and coach Steve Papadakis while training in Chicago on July 13, 2021.
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis takes a break with training partners Max Antoniou and Natalija Stanojevic on July 13, 2021, before departing to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis takes a break with training partners Max Antoniou and Natalija Stanojevic on July 13, 2021, before departing to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, in blue, works out with Max Antoniou on July 13, 2021, before departing to compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, in blue, works out with Max Antoniou on July 13, 2021, before departing to compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Gabe Wrubel in Chicago on July 13, 2021. Papadakis will compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Gabe Wrubel in Chicago on July 13, 2021. Papadakis will compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Max Antoniou in Chicago on July 13, 2021
Judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Max Antoniou in Chicago on July 13, 2021
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Natalija Stanojevic in Chicago on July 13, 2021.
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis, right, works out with Natalija Stanojevic in Chicago on July 13, 2021.
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis practices throws with Gabe Wrubel during a workout in Chicago on July 13, 2021 before departing to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Olympic judo competitor Nefeli Papadakis practices throws with Gabe Wrubel during a workout in Chicago on July 13, 2021 before departing to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, in blue, works out with Natalija Stanojevic in Chicago on July 13, 2021, as she prepares to compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Nefeli Papadakis, in blue, works out with Natalija Stanojevic in Chicago on July 13, 2021, as she prepares to compete in judo at the Olympics in Tokyo.