It was thisclose, but not gold cigar for Yuri Alvear.

The 30-year-old Colombian judoka had to settle for a silver medal after having made it all the way to the final in the Women’s 70kg Judo competition at the 2016 Rio Games.

Japan’s Haruka Tachimoto, who had never won a major individual medal, won a final that was over far too quickly.

Having won three World Championship titles in her division and a bronze at the 2012 London Games, Colombia’s first-ever Olympic medal in judo, disappointment was written all over Alvear’s face after Tachimoto secured a maximum ippon score.

Alvear knew she had a real chance to notch Colombia’s second gold medal of the 2016 Summer Olympics, following Oscar Figueroa’s emotional win in weightlifting.