Gold for Japan and France in judo – Sports

(ANSA) – TOKYO, LUG 28 – Japan’s Takanori Nagase won the gold medal in the men’s judo up to 81 kilograms competition, while France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou won the women’s up to 63 kilograms duel at Tokyo 2020.
Nagase beat Saeid Molaei, of Iranian origin but competing for Mongolia at Tokyo 2020, in the final, where he dedicated his silver medal to Israel.
Mollaei gained international popularity at the 2019 Tokyo World Cup, when in the same room at the Budokan where he fought in these Olympics, the Iranian authorities forced him to renounce the semifinal in which he had to face the Belgian Matthias Casse to avoid an eventual duel for the title. with the Israeli Sagi Muki.
After leaving his country, Mollaei applied for asylum in Germany and fought for a few months for the refugee team before obtaining Mongolian citizenship.
“I left everything behind and started a new life. I forgot everything that happened before,” said Mollaei, who at the beginning of 2021 fought in Israel against Sagi Muki, who presented him as a “brother.”
“I am with a great team of athletes. The Mongols are very gentle, very warm. And I am very happy to have won this medal for Mongolian and the Mongolian people. I thank Israel for the good energies they gave me. Todá”, Mollaei completed when thanking in Hebrew.
Austrian Shamil Borchashvili and Belgian Matthias Casse shared the podium in the men’s competition, while Italian Maria Centracchio and Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard won the bronze medal in the women’s event up to 63 kilograms.
The gold in this competition went to the French Clarisse Agbegnenou, who won in the duel for the title to the Slovenian Tina Trstenjak, who added the third medal for her country, which also won a gold and bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. ( ANSA).

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