Ken Daikichi (23 = Ryotokuji Daijo) won the silver medal.

Advance to the final and play against the silver medalist of the Tokyo Olympics (Olympic Games) last summer. After a golden score (extended game), he succumbed to Rasha Shavdatuashibiri in Georgia.

In the summit decisive battle, waza-ari was deprived by footwork 1 minute and 20 seconds after the start. In the pursuit of development, he regains his waza-ari with the tomoe nage of the rebirth that he set up with 7 seconds remaining. He was obsessed with overtime, but 31 seconds later he was deashi harai. Waza-ari. At the venue completely away, I was exhausted with the matching technique.

The opponent was a world-class influential person who lost to Shohei Ono (30 = Asahi Kasei) in the final of the Tokyo Olympics after a deadly battle of 9 minutes and 26 seconds. Gold in London in 2012, bronze in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and podium for three consecutive tournaments in Tokyo in 2009. He showed tenacity to the enemy, but at the end he looked up to heaven with regret.

Daikichi is the silver medal for the second consecutive international tournament, following GS Baku (Azerbaijan) in November last year. At the All Japan Strengthening Player Selection Committee (Kodokan, Tokyo) last month, he won one in all four games and won the dispatch of this tournament.

This class is reigned by Ono, who won the Olympics for the second time in a row, and former world champion Soichi Hashimoto (30 = Park 24). The 23-year-old, who said at the selection meeting, “I want to do my best so that I can talk to the top players and talk about the Olympics (Paris in 2012),” tasted both the difference and the response from the world.[Atsushi Kinoshita]