World Judo Championships, Men’s 81kg class. Silver medalist Matthias Kass of Belgium, gold medalist Tato Grigalashvili of Georgia, bronze medalist Takanori Nagase, and bronze medalist Lee Joon-soo of South Korea attend the awards ceremony (May 10, 2023) ). (c)KARIM JAAFAR / AFP
[AFP = Jiji]The fourth day of the World Judo Championships was held in Doha, Qatar on the 10th, and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Takanori Nagase won the bronze medal for the second consecutive year in the men’s 81 kg class.
Nagase lost to South Korea’s Lee Jun-soo in the quarterfinals, and defeated Israel’s Sagi Muki in the third-place play-off, which she had won from the repechage match.
Georgia’s Tato Grigalashvili won gold, Belgium’s Matthias Kasz won silver and Lee took bronze.
In the women’s 63 kg class, both Megumi Horikawa and Mirai Takaichi, who won gold last time, were eliminated in the third round. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Clarisse Agbeneux (France) defeated a Slovenian in the final to claim her sixth world judo title.[Translation Editing]AFPBB News
2023-05-10 23:42:28
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