New Zealand's Lydia Ko claims Olympic women's golf gold medal

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New Zealand's Lydia Ko claims Olympic women's golf gold medal
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New Zealand's Lydia Ko finishes two shots clear on 10 under as she takes Olympic gold in the women's golf at Le Golf National.

Lydia Ko is also a two-time major winner and has more Olympic golf medals than any other player in historyNew Zealand's Lydia Ko finished two shots clear on 10 under as she took Olympic gold in the women's golf at Le Golf National.

Former world number one Ko's triumph completes her medal set, after taking silver in Rio in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo three years ago, and qualifies her for the Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame. But dropped shots on the first two holes plus a triple-bogey seven on the fifth meant the Swiss golfer slipped down the leaderboard before she eventually signed for a seven-over 79 - leaving herself in a tie for 18th.

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