Megumi Horikawa is delighted to have won her first appearance in the world judo championship women’s 63 kg class = Tashkent (Kyodo) on the 9th
[Tashkent Joint]On the 4th day of the Judo World Championships, one class for each man and woman was held in Tashkent on the 9th, and Megumi Horikawa (Park 24) in the women’s 63 kg class competed in the finals. Canada) by ippon and won the championship for the first time. She won five bouts with an aggressive fighting style, and won the Japanese 63-kg class for the first time in nine tournaments since Nobue Ueno in 2010.
Takanori Nagase, a gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s 81-kilogram class, won the third-place match against Sotaro Fujiwara (both Asahi Kasei) with a 3-point foul. In the quarter-finals, Nagase lost to Tato Grigarashvili (Georgia), the world’s No. 1 ranked player, after extra time with 3 fouls. Missed winning for the first time in 15 years.
